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"The dialogue is spare, but unerring, and humor will keep slipping in subtly, despite the tragedies behind these lives. The tone of the book is determined by Mr. Gaines's decision--a brilliant one--to set the novel not in the expected context of a sweaty, dripping Louisiana summer, but in the miserable, frigid, sunless Louisiana winter."Gaines, Ernest J. is the author of 'In My Father's House', published 1992 under ISBN 9780679727910 and ISBN 0679727914.
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