Once you start reading George Singleton's eagerly awaited first book of stories, a strange thing You discover that the characters sound like people you know - people who are trying hard to make sense of modern absurdities.With a style all his own, Singleton fashions a world that wins our hearts but teases our how to find a black-market sonogram so your pregnant wife won't find out you accidentally taped over the original; how to help your father and everyone else in town fake being hit by a tornado to get emergency government funds; and why not to look for your next wife at your local recycling center.Step into Singleton's world and you'll see why he is earning a reputation as one of the funniest, wisest, and most surprising Southern writers of his generation - and why he was named one of the and "new writers you need to know and " by Book Magazine .