{"product_id":"sailing-to-alluvium-paperback","title":"Sailing to Alluvium - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Pritchard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Pritchard's novels \u003cem\u003eJunior Ray\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Yazoo Blues\u003c\/em\u003e have been dubbed \"hilariously tasteless\" and \"not for the squeamish or pure of heart\"-and equally praised by \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly, Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, and lovers of Southern fiction everywhere. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSailing to Alluvium\u003c\/em\u003e, the third installment of Pritchard's \"Junior Ray Saga,\" irrepressible ex-deputy sheriff Junior Ray Loveblood and his sidekick Voyd Mudd have become \"diktectives\" to stop the murderous activities of a semi-secret, lethal organization of Southern women, the AUNTY BELLES, headed by Miss Attica Rummage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSailing to Alluvium\u003c\/em\u003e is another brilliant tale of the bumbling duo, with an unforgettable cast of characters deeply rooted in the Mississippi Delta, a place both real and imaginary. The novel, hilarious and moving, revolves around obsessions, underneath which lies the dark history of a class conflict that exists in the Deep South, not among black and white but between the white \"haves\" and the white \"have-nots.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Pritchard's work fits well between the singing prose of James Agee and the rustic lampoon and high humor of Erskine Caldwell. The reader is treated to a unique brand of dark comedy that closes the divide between burlesque and metaphysics, fuses the profane with the sublime, and explains the Deep South as no other writer has.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53596399108403,"sku":"9781961938175","price":35.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/rQlmCa818A9781961938175.webp?v=1782964535","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/sailing-to-alluvium-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}