Who said small town American values are dead? They're alive, hopping, and timeless in Homer's Whip, the tiny prairie town that is the setting for this delightful collection of short-short stories, yarns, gossip, and tongue-in-cheek homilies. Smaller, more western, and more woebegone than Lake Woebegone itself, Homer's Whip is nevertheless likely to be compared with Garrison Keillor's famous creation. After all, the town's intellectual reads each issue of Reader's Digest cover to cover, its beautician knows how to do a Kansas City Bob, its men partake in secret Tiddlywinks matches, and its political agenda is dominated by the question of whether or not to build a hill that would distinguish Homer's Whip from the surrounding six counties.
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"Homer's Whip is uniquely, ununiquely, unique." -- Fiona Johnson-Pickett, Obituary, Classifieds
"The stories are sly and funny and leave you wanting to know what happens or doesn't happen next..." -- Barbara Less, Magazine Editor, Leaves In The Sand
Homers Whip is uniquely, ununiquely, unique. -- Fiona Johnson-Pickett, Obituary, Classifieds
and Literary Editor, Wollega County Anchor
I now have Homers Whip in my boudoir [and] I can gargle and snort at will without an audience. -- Joan St. Crane, retired librarian, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
The book is entirely too short in pages but not in pleasure. -- Joan St. Crane
The stories are sly and funny and leave you wanting to know what happens or doesn't happen next... -- Barbara Less, Magazine Editor, Leaves in the Sand
"The stories are sly and funny and leave you wanting to know what happens or doesn't happen next..." -- Barbara Less, Magazine Editor, Leaves In The Sand
Homers Whip is uniquely, ununiquely, unique. -- Fiona Johnson-Pickett, Obituary, Classifieds
and Literary Editor, Wollega County Anchor
I now have Homers Whip in my boudoir [and] I can gargle and snort at will without an audience. -- Joan St. Crane, retired librarian, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
The book is entirely too short in pages but not in pleasure. -- Joan St. Crane
The stories are sly and funny and leave you wanting to know what happens or doesn't happen next... -- Barbara Less, Magazine Editor, Leaves in the Sand
About the Author
DON CHRISTIANS has been a carnival hawker, a racehorse owner, and a gambling casino shill. In his spare time he has been a Director of the Peace Corps in Africa and a political science teacher, and is currently the host of "Turning Pages," a weekly radio program on KWMR in Pt. Reyes Station, California. His published writing includes numerous articles and short fiction in periodicals including Backstretch, Racing Weekly Digest, and Lines in the Sand. Chrisitans is a widower who lives with his cat, Nikko, in Mill Valley, California.
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Christians hits the spot,
By Smiling Midwest Reader (Grafton, Iowa USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Homer's Whip (Paperback)
I am not a short story fan but Christians book may have made me one. He takes you into the culture and life of a village community and allows you to see it from the inside. In each story there is chuckle or a downright laugh. It appears as if the shortness of the stories would make it easy to put the book down and come back to it later. That isn't the case-you just want to keep on reading. It is also a book devoid of anger and violence. A great summer read!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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A Sneaky Winner,
By Neva Beach (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Homer's Whip (Paperback)
These are the only stories I've ever read that manage to be sly and corny at the same time and get away with it! They seem really odd at first (well, and they are!) but then you start smiling in anticipation, waiting to see what outrageous trick Christians will pull next. "Homer's Whip" is a great antidote to pretentiousness and doom-crying.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Homer's Whip,
By A Customer
This review is from: Homer's Whip (Paperback)
I am sure Homer's Whip is located someplace around here as the stories are similar to what our parents have told us over the years. We read one story aloud after dinner on most evenings and enjoy a family laugh together. We are getting near the end of the book and want more. Will the authors be writing more stories? I sure hope so. I am a social worker and family time is so important. I would like to recommend this book to many of the families I work with. This is a great book for the whole family to enjoy together. Terri, St. Francis, Kansas
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