Book
Biloxi : a novel
Call Number
- FICTION MILL (OSH)
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]
Physical Description
255 pages ; 22 cm
Summary
"Mary Miller seizes the mantle of southern literature with this wry tale of middle age and the unexpected turns a life can take. Miller transports readers to her unapologetic corner of the South--Biloxi, Mississippi, home to sixty-three-year-old Louis McDonald Jr. His wife of thirty-seven years left him, his father has passed--and he has impulsively retired from his job in anticipation of an inheritance check that may not come. In the meantime, he watches reality television, sips beer, and avoids his ex-wife and daughter. One day, he stops at a house advertising free dogs and meets overweight mixed-breed Layla. Unexpectedly, Louis takes her, and, newly invigorated, begins investigating local dog parks and buying extra bologna"--