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Original Title:	Thirteen Albatrosses: (or, Falling off the Mountain) (Stay More)
ISBN:	1592641687 (ISBN13: 9781592641680)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Stay More #9

Thirteen Albatrosses: (Stay More #9) Paperback | Pages: 382 pages

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Title	:	Thirteen Albatrosses: (Stay More #9)
Author	:	Donald Harington
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 382 pages
Published	:	September 1st 2006 by Toby Press (first published 2002)
Categories	:	Fiction. Politics. Literature. American

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Harington returns to Stay More to document the uproarious attempt of native son Vernon Ingledew to earn the governorship of his great, if sometimes much-maligned, state. Ingledew is hampered by what his opponents term his "Thirteen Albatrosses," among them: he is an atheist, he never attended college, he lives in sin with his first cousin Jelena, and he displays a hysterically cryptic vocabulary. Thirteen Albatrosses knowingly chronicles the dizzying display of nonsense and idealism that is contemporary politics.

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Donald Douglas Harington was an American author. All but the first of his novels either take place in or have an important connection to "Stay More," a fictional Ozark Mountains town based somewhat on Drakes Creek, Arkansas, where Harington spent summers as a child.Harington was born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas. He lost nearly all of his hearing at age 12 due to meningitis. This did notIt is that time again: a presidential election year in the good ol' US of A. At least the cicadas, whose time it also is here, have the decency to trot out their repugnance only every 17 years. In case you haven't noticed, we have reached a new low: Trump or Clinton. Clinton or Trump. I can not, I will not, vote for either one. I voted for Bernie in the primary even though I find his proposals hopelessly naïve. But Bernie's honest, and that means the most for me. Besides, as Abraham Lincoln once

2.5 starts. This one was a slog for me. A lot of the meta, but not much of the magic of the earlier Stay More books. I'm wondering whether to finish the series or maybe move on to something else instead.

This novel has a lot of great things about it, but it is overlong and repetitive. It has a cleverly postmodern premise, in that one character has already read the story in some medieval book or something. Its also a good political satire, has some fun sexual relationships, and much more. But too much more. At a hundred pages less, this would be as good as The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks.

Love this story, as I have loved all of Harington's work.

An interesting perspective on politics, among other things.

Every time I finish a Donald Harington book, I remember why he's become one of my favourite authors. There's always some kind of postmodern experimental writing quirk there that makes it an interesting read, but without that getting in the way of the story. This one has been a good follow up to The Architecture of The Arkansas Ozarks, though is perhaps not quite as up to that book's qualities. Still an incredible read, though.

Frankly, it was the mental image of a man hoisting himself forward with thirteen dead birds tied to his ankle that made me pick the book up. Then, the description of a Southern politician awash in all the traits that should make him unelectable and yet succeeds (with the help of a savvy cadre of loyalists) made it a must buy. It's an election year. I'll get back to you with an actual review once I read the thing.