{"product_id":"a-short-history-of-a-small-place-9780142003626","title":"A Short History of a Small Place","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): T. R. Pearson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Humorous - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarvelously funny, bittersweet, and beautifully evocative, the original publication of \u003ci\u003eA Short History of a Small Place\u003c\/i\u003e announced the arrival of one of our great Southern voices. Although T. R. Pearson's Neely, North Carolina, doesn't appear on any map of the state, it has already earned a secure place on the literary landscape of the South. In this introduction to Neely, the young narrator, Louis Benfield, recounts the tragic last days of Miss Myra Angelique Pettigrew, a local spinster and former town belle who, after years of total seclusion, returns flamboyantly to public view-with her pet monkey, Mr. Britches. Here is a teeming human comedy inhabited by some of the most eccentric and endearing characters ever encountered in literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408435765399,"sku":"9780142003626","price":1916.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780142003626.webp?v=1767309894","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-short-history-of-a-small-place-9780142003626","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}