Handling Sin

Name: Handling Sin
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ISBN: 9781402239335

ISBN-10: 1402239335

ISBN-13: 9781402239335

Edition: 2010

Authors: Michael Malone

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On the Ides of March, our hero, Raleigh Whittier Hayes (forgetful husband, baffled father, prosperous insurance agent and leading citizen of Thermopylae, North Carolina), learns that his father has discharged himself from the hospital, taken all his money out of the bank and, with a young black female mental patient, vanished in a yellow Cadillac convertible. Left behind is a mysterious list of seven outrageous tasks that Raleigh must perform in order to rescue his father and his inheritance. And so Raleigh and fat Mingo Sheffield (his irrepressibly loyal friend) set off on an uproarious contemporary treasure hunt through a landscape of unforgettable characters, falling into adventures…

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 720
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.74" tall
Weight: 2.112
Language: English



Prologue


The Call



In Which the Hero Is Introduced and Receives a Blow



Which Treats of the Strange Message the Hero's Father Sent Him



Of a Misunderstanding between Our Hero and His Neighbors



How Raleigh Received His Name



In Which Raleigh Blackmails an Enemy and Frightens the Kaiser



Of the Advice Given Raleigh by His Only Sane Aunt



In Which the Hero Commits a Crime



And Is Nearly Arrested



The First Sally Takes a Strange Turn



How Raleigh Was Confirmed in His View of the World


The Quest



In Which Our Hero Attends a Surprise Party



Raleigh Escapes



Wherein Is Continued the Account of the Innumerable Troubles Endured by Our Hero



Sudden Impulses Overwhelm Our Hero



In Which Is Continued a Conversation Begun Thirty Years Ago



In Which Raleigh and Mingo Fall into a Swamp



Raleigh's Confession



How Mingo Fared Alone at Myrtle Beach



In Which the Hero Finds Himself at Sea



The Great Adventure of the Bass Fiddle Case



In Which Is Described the Famous Barbecue at "Wild Oaks"



Our Hero Succumbs to a Faded Beauty



The Very Extraordinary Adventures Which Ensued at the Inn



In Which Are Continued the Misfortunes That