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Miss Undine's Living Room (Voices of the South)
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Miss Undine's Living Room (Voices of the South) Paperback - 2001

by James Wilcox

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In Wilcox's third novel set in Tula, Louisiana, Olive Mackie is running for a high city official's position, but her political aspirations are thwarted when her great uncle is suspected of murdering his home care attendant. But half of the City Hall staff, a teacher, and several adulterous wives are also suspects in the comedic plot.

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Louisiana State Univ Pr, 2001. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 288 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches.
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  • Title Miss Undine's Living Room (Voices of the South)
  • Author James Wilcox
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition Th
  • Condition New
  • Pages 275
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Louisiana State Univ Pr, Baton Rouge, La
  • Date 2001
  • Bookseller's Inventory # x-0807126993
  • ISBN 9780807126998 / 0807126993
  • Weight 0.74 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.51 x 0.61 in (21.59 x 14.00 x 1.55 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Deep South
    • Cultural Region: Gulf Coast
    • Geographic Orientation: Louisiana
  • Library of Congress subjects Louisiana, City and town life
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00067283
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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From the rear cover

A candidate for the office of Superintendent of Streets, Parks, and Garbage, middle-aged matron Olive Mackie of Tula Springs, Louisiana, finds her political aspirations thwarted when her ninety-one-year-old Great Uncle L.D. comes under suspicion for murder. Police don't believe that L.D.'s home-care attendant would commit suicide by jumping from a second-floor window -- but Olive, who has heard her uncle demonstrate his excellent memory by reciting important dates in history over and over, thinks he would. Before justice can be done, half the staff of City Hall, a home ec teacher, an uninspired dentist, the principal of a disreputable private school, and several adulterous housewives are implicated in James Wilcox's spectacular comic plot, his third exuberant Tula Springs novel.

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Citations

  • Kirkus Reviews, 05/15/2001, Page 703

About the author

James Wilcox is the author of eight novels, including North Gladiola, Modern Baptists, Guest of a Sinner, and, most recently, Heavenly Days. He is Robert Penn Warren Professor and director of creative writing at Louisiana State University and lives in Baton Rouge.