| Contents |
Prologue : independence day -- Feeling good, feeling fine -- A story goes with it -- A short history of the Civil War -- The misery and the glory of Texas Pete -- Tanks -- Empty bed blues -- Ghost me what's holy now -- Spilling the beans : a letter to Linda Evangelista -- Pornographers -- With my body, I thee worship -- Heroes -- A perfect stranger -- Gator bait -- Epilogue : my life as a home movie. |
| Abstract |
"Garrett 's eighth collection of short fiction includes fifteen stories that blend fact and fiction, comedy and pathos, and the voices of diverse characters while focusing on the themes of love and death as well as the complexities of human relations"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local note | Inscribed on title page "to Stuart [Wright], G[eorge Garrett]" and autographed by Garrett below his printed name. Laid in is an invitation to attend the St. Andrew's - Sewanee School Distinguished Alumni Award reception in honor of George P. Garrett, Jr. (June 3, 2006). Stuart Wright Book Collection #161.5. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, George Garrett Papers, in Joyner Library Special Collections. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner Wright Coll. copy Purchased from Stuart Wright, 2012 |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Garrett, George, 1929-2008. Empty bed blues. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2006 |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Garrett, George, 1929-2008. Empty bed blues. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2006 |
| LCCN | 2005032955 |
| ISBN | 0826216307 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780826216304 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
