num_pages: 322
description: "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.
language: English
title: Rides of the Midway
titlecomplete: Rides of the Midway
genres: Fiction, Novels
ratings_count: 189
places: Mississippi
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company