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03110aam a2200385 i 4500 001 8BC37920F0B811EE9EC0998A3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240402011628 008 230731s2023 miu 000 j eng d 020 $a 9781950539864 020 $a 1950539865 040 $d SILO 043 $a n-usu-- 050 4 $a PS3569.I5747 $b C87 2023 082 04 $a 813/.6 $2 23/eng/20231205 082 04 $a 813.010806 100 1 $a Singleton, George, $d 1958- $e author. $1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJwxMjd9jxFtbFvqR9Tfv3. 245 14 $a The curious lives of nonprofit martyrs : $b stories / $c George Singleton. 250 $a First US edition. 264 1 $a Ann Arbor, MI : $b Dzanc Books, $c [2023] 300 $a 247 pages ; $c 22 cm. 500 $a "Celebrated Southern author George Singleton delivers a new collection of short fiction, brilliant and absurd, for fans of George Saunders and Tom Franklin"--Goodreads.com. 505 0 $a What a dime costs -- Cock rescue -- Standard hole -- The arbitrary schemes of naming humans -- Dispensers -- Echoes -- Here's a little song -- Why I quit readings -- Proofs of purchase -- Protecting witnesses and witnessing protection -- The curious lives of nonprofit martyrs -- You're supposed to be where you are -- I have this thing about being wrong -- Seminar -- Locks -- Wild me -- How you end up choosing such a path. 520 $a Celebrated Southern author George Singleton delivers a new collection of short fiction, brilliant and absurd, for fans of George Saunders and Tom Franklin A restaurant owner runs into trouble when his wife starts a well-intentioned, poorly named rooster rescue. A boy navigates his parents' split between a stretched phone cord and a flooded septic tank. A drunk sequestered in the middle of nowhere wakes up to find a tractor parked in his driveway. And in a big Cadillac, a grandfather and a grandson and a wayward dog hit the road, searching for a life not downloadable, nor measured in bandwidth. Loosely linked by characters and themes, The Curious Lives of Nonprofit Martyrs follows shysters and schemers, film buffs and future ornithologists, unlikely do-gooders, and the men who make up Veterans Against Guns in North America, all doing the best they can with what they possess in smarts and cunning. With Singleton's signature comic flair, these stories peer through the peepholes of small-town South Carolina into the lives of everyday martyrs--prodigal sons, wayward fathers, and all those who are a little of each. 651 0 $a Southern States $x Social life and customs $v Fiction. 650 7 $a FICTION / Short Stories (single author) $2 bisacsh. 650 7 $a Manners and customs $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01007815. 651 7 $a Southern States $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01244550. 655 7 $a short stories. $2 aat $0 (CStmoGRI)aatgf300202607. 655 7 $a Fiction $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423787. 655 7 $a Short stories $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01726740. 655 7 $a Short stories. $2 lcgft. 941 $a 1 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20240402011806.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8BC37920F0B811EE9EC0998A3BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search