num_pages: 352
description: The story of how the denizens of a lakeside community in Mississippi are beset by madness, murder and sin in the form of Man Mortimer. Mortimer, a creature of the casinos who looks like the dead country singer Conway Twitty, is a killer who has turned mean and sick.
language: English
title: Yonder Stands Your Orphan
titlecomplete: Yonder Stands Your Orphan
genres: American, Southern, Literary Fiction, Novels, Southern Gothic, Literature, Horror, Fiction
ratings_count: 638
places: Mississippi
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press