Rides of the Midway: A Novel

· W. W. Norton & Company
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"With this eruptive debut novel, Lee Durkee…has just kicked in the door of Southern literature." —Salon

Meet Mississippi teenager Noel Weatherspoon: ghost-seeing insomniac, endearing dopehead, wanna-be erotic photographer, and possible Baptist faith healer. Noel, who prefers The Exorcist to Ecclesiastes, must navigate a world of Bible-thumpers, born-again Christians, and a stepfather who bears an uncanny resemblance to Billy Graham. Darkly comic and lyrically moving, Rides of the Midway introduces a formidable talent in contemporary fiction.

"With this eruptive debut novel, Lee Durkee…has just kicked in the door of Southern literature." —Salon Meet Mississippi teenager Noel Weatherspoon: ghost-seeing insomniac, endearing dopehead, wanna-be erotic photographer, and possible Baptist faith healer. Noel, who prefers The Exorcist to Eccl...

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Lee Durkee is the author of Rides of the Midway and The Last Taxi Driver. His stories have appeared in Harper’s Magazine, Zoetrope: All Story, Tin House, New England Review, Mississippi Noir, and many other places. He lives in Mississippi.

Lee Durkee is the author of Rides of the Midway and The Last Taxi Driver. His stories have appeared in Harper’s Magazine, Zoetrope: All Story, Tin House, New England Review, Mississippi Noir, and many other places. He lives in Mississippi.

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