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Wonderdog
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Wonderdog,
Inman Majors. Hardcover, $23.95 ISBN
0-312-33138-X In Inman Majors second novel, Wonderdog, we follow the life of former child
star, current governor’s son and recent divorcee, Dev DeGraw
as he meanders through a series of misadventures. A distinctively Southern
novel, it explores standard themes of life and love, as well as illegal
gambling establishments and backroom politics. Considered
by some, including himself, to have been the worst child actor on the worst
television show of all time, "Bayou Dog." Dev has carved out a complacent niche for
himself in Tuscaloosa, spending his days sleeping in his law office, his
nights running up bar tabs with a motley crew of drinking buddies, and every
spare moment playing a game of cat and mouse love chess with his father’s
press secretary. However, Dev is reluctantly pulled into the spotlight when
his former TV father rolls into town planning a reunion special for “Bayou
Dog” and his real life father comes up against stiff and somewhat unscrupulous
competition in the upcoming elections. Majors weaves a tapestry of humor out of colorful characters
and creates an endearing anti-hero who manages to succeed despite his best
efforts to remain indifferent. The flow and poetic style of Wonderdog is a fantastic juxtaposition to
the dumbed-down plot-driven works that regularly
populate the bestseller lists and shows a definite progression from Majors’
debut novel Swimming the Sky. - Christopher Fullerton |