num_pages: 247
description: "Wonderful...Clyde Edgerton tells us another of his lovely tall tales."LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEWListre, North Carolina, is jumping. The Sears twins, Ted and Ned, who run a Baptist college, have opened Nutrition House for overweight Christians. Meanwhile their Project Promise is busy matching the educationally disadvantaged with wayward youth who want to share their talents. Enter Wesley Benfield, a prime candidate for Project Promise, with a special place in his heart for Baptist songwriting, preaching, and a wide, iron-pumping girl over at the Nutrition House. The Lord only knows where Wesley will go from here....From the Paperback edition.
language: English
title: Killer Diller: A Novel
titlecomplete: Killer Diller: A Novel
genres: Fiction, Humor, Southern, Literary Fiction, Adult Fiction, Novels
ratings_count: 834
places: Listre, North Carolina
publisher: Ballantine Books