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You could call this novel warm and funny and you wouldn't be wrong, although wry and weirdly edgy is probably closer to the mark. Here, Drury returns to small-town life, a setting similar to that of his first novel, the well-received The End of Vandalism (LJ 1/94). He focuses on one family, each member of which is in perpetual motion and filled with yearning. Charles, the father, longs for an heirloom gun that sits above the fireplace...Log In or Sign Up to Read More