Fame and Honour

Fame and Honour

by JincyWillett (Author)

Synopsis

Rhode Island, New England, the present day. A hurricane is on its way and the locals are preparing to batten down the hatches. Dorcas Mather, local librarian, is less concerned by the imminent threat than about a book that's come in with the most recent delivery. It's THE ABIGAIL MATHER STORY -- a true crime epic which supposedly tells the true story of Dorcas's sexually promiscuous sister Abigail, who's now serving a life sentence for killing her husband. As the storm rages on, Dorcas reads, rages at the inaccurate picture of her allegedly 'dysfunctional' family and the man who tore her sister's life apart. Then she tells us the 'real truth' about the murder...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Headline Review
Published: 06 Sep 2004

ISBN 10: 0755304470
ISBN 13: 9780755304479

Media Reviews
'Cleverly constructed...an elegy wrapped inside a satire, a sorrowful meditation on the mysteries of sibling love and rivalry concealed within a bitterly funny chronicle of literary buffoonery. Jincy Willett is a fearless writer, capable of startling the reader into rueful laughter at every turn' -- Tom Perrotta, author of JOE COLLEGE 'Utterly cunning and clever novel in which Willett blends wry understatement with wise understanding... An exceptional debut novel from a fresh, funny, and facile writer' -- Carol Haggas, Booklist 20030915 ' A well wrought piece of fiction, the heroine of this novel declares, helps us make sense out of the chaos of our lives. Why be deliberately obscure when real life is so impossibly fractured and opaque? Well exactly... So: hurrah for Jincy Willett, and for her funny, charming, humane, and altogether well-wrought piece of fiction' -- Kurt Andersen, author of TURN OF THE CENTURY 20030604 'The funniest novel I have read, possibly ever. Brilliant, totally original, and worthy of its title. I promise you will laugh constantly and to the point of stomach damage.' - Augusten Burroughs -- Augusten Burroughs 20030604 'Tart observational powers... hugely funny' -- NYTimes.com 'A brilliant black comedy...Poignant and funny, mean and tender, Willett's novel is exuberantly original' -- Publishers Weekly 20030901 'Willett's prose is whip smart, at times howlingly funny - and just sad enough to keep the sisters' rivalries achingly real' -- Elle 20030903
Author Bio
Jincy Willett has a BA in Philosohy and an MA in Creative Writing. She lives in California with her teenage son. She is the author of a collection of short stories, JENNY AND THE JAWS OF LIFE; FAME AND HONOR is her first novel.