About this title: Ray Midge goes in pursuit of his wife Norma, who has run away with her first husband, following her via her credit card receipts from Arkansas to Central America. There he meets the eccentric and visionary Dr. Reo Symes. Symes is seeking an elusive spiritual guru named John Selmer Dix, Ray is seeking his wife, and the two team up in a madcap road trip.
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Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780394506142ISBN:0394506146
Description: Good. Hardcover ex-library book with dust jacket in good condition. All usual stamps and markings. Pages are clean and the binding is tight. read more
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Very Good. No Jacket Very Good. No DJ Issued Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Overlook Press
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780879519315ISBN:0879519312
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. VG. 245 p. 1st trade paperback printing from The Overlook Press, 1979. VERY GOOD w/ink name inside. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
"Don't yet know what I think of this book! Alternately appalling and provocative--and always entertaining--Charles Portis seems to probe American discontent and (mild) xenophobia (among other things) to comic effect. Somewhat dated in language and sensibility but still an interesting read."
"An eccentric novel by the reclusive author from Eldorado, Arkansas (he also wrote TRUE GRIT, from which the award-winning film starring John Wayne was adapted and which I also read this summer). A fussy small-time journalist with way too much starch in his shorts (also, he is mad for military history) awakens to find that a co-worker and acquaintance has left town with his (the journalist's) wife and immaculate Gran Torino. The chase leads through Mexico to South America, and collects some...unusual characters along the way. Uniquely funny and wonderfully anticlimactic. My choice to read the book is a great example of how I read: I was reading an article on filmmaker Errol Morris' website in which Morris mentioned Ron Rosenbaum as one of his favorite authors; I then read EXPLAINING HITLER by Rosenbaum and liked it so much I picked up his feature collection THE SECRET PARTS OF FORTUNE, in the introduction of which Rosenbaum sang the praises of Charles Portis; after picking through SECRET PARTS, I checked out both TRUE GRIT and THE DOG OF THE SOUTH and loved them. Chance discovery and random direction--I wouldn't have it any other way!
"Just finished re-reading Charles Portis' _The Dog of the South_ . I remembered that I really liked the novel, but didn't remember how funny it was in a very subdued way."
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