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How the Hula Girl Sings
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Luce Lemay is out on parole three years after an awful tragedy sent him to prison. In his small Illinois town, he does his best to find hope: in a new job at the local Gas-N-Go; in his companion and fellow ex-con, Junior Breen, who spells out puzzling messages to the unquiet ghosts of his past; and finally, in the arms of the lovely but reckless Charlene.
But sorrow and violence lie in his path, in this suspenseful exploration of a country bright with the far-off stars of forgiveness and dark with the still-looming shadow of the death penalty.
"A wonderful accomplishment . . . The power is in the writing. Mr. Meno is a superb craftsman." —Hubert Selby Jr., bestselling author of
"The author moves the story along at a surprisingly fast and easy pace." —
"Moving . . . Meno has a poet's feel for small-town details, life in the joint and the trials an ex-con faces, and he's a natural storyteller with a talent for characterization." —
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“I love Joe Meno's writing so much!! I do not usually like adult fiction, but I read The Great Perhaps by Joe Meno a couple of years ago and loved it, and own a whim I bought all of his books and this just happened to be the next one I picked up. This book was so thought provoking, and heartbreaking. I liked most of the characters, especially Luce, whom is the main character. There was a morbid side to this story that I enjoyed, and like I said before, very heartbreaking. I enjoyed seeing how the characters figured out how to coupe with their life after prison, and seeing how people around them acted toward them. All in all I very much enjoyed this book, and I can not wait to read another one by Meno!!”
About Joe Meno
Joe Meno is a fiction writer and playwright who lives in Chicago. He is a winner of the Nelson Algren Literary Award, a Pushcart Prize, the Great Lakes Book Award, and was a finalist for the Story Prize. He is the author of five novels and two short story collections including
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magazine. His stage plays have been produced in Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, and Charville, France. He is an associate professor in the fiction writing department at Columbia College Chicago.
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