num_pages: 432
description: Half Apache and mostly orphaned, the adventures of Edgar Presley Mint begin on an Arizona reservation at the age of seven, when the mailman's jeep accidentally runs over his head.Shunted from the hospital to a reform school to a Mormon foster family, comedy and trouble accompany Edgar - the irresistible innocent who never truly loses heart, and whose quest for the mailman leads him to an unexpected home.This riveting picaresque novel has become an international best-seller.
language: English
title: The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint
titlecomplete: The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint
genres: Coming Of Age, Adult Fiction, Novels, Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Book Club
ratings_count: 7253
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Spur Award
category: Best Novel of the West, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Premi Llibreter de narrativa
publisher: Vintage Books