The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living -- Martin Clark, Paperback

In this masterful debut, Martin Clark proves to be the heir apparent of great Southern raconteurs and the envy of more seasoned novelists as he takes us on a frantic tour of the modern south.

Hung over, beaten by the unforgiving sun, bitter at his estranged wife, and dreading the day's docket of petty criminal cases, Judge Evers Wheeling is in need of something on the morning he's accosted by Ruth Esther English. Ruth Esther's strange story certainly is something, and Judge Wheeling finds himself in uncharted territory. Reluctantly agreeing to help Ruth Esther retrieve some stolen money, he recruits his pot-addled brother and a band of merry hangers-on for the big adventure. Raucous road trips, infidelity, suspected killers, winning Lotto tickets, drunken philosophical rants, and at least one naked woman tied to a road sign ensue in The Many Aspects of Mobile Home Living, one part legal thriller, one part murder mystery, and all parts all wild.

Author: Martin Clark
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 03/27/2001
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780375707094

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 04/01/2001 pg. 20
Commonweal 06/17/2005 pg. 26

About the Author
A circuit court judge, Martin Clark lives in Stuart, Virginia.