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ON THE IDES OF MARCH, in his forty-fifth year, the neutral if not cooperative world turned on Mr. Raleigh W. Hayes as sharply as if it had stabbed him with a knife. Read the first page
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ON THE IDES OF MARCH, in his forty-fifth year, the neutral if not cooperative world turned on Mr. Raleigh W. Hayes as sharply as if it had stabbed him with a knife. Read the first page
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is my all-time favorite book, and I have read a LOT of books. I bought this book over ten years ago at a grocery store, and have read it about once a year since then. I've loaned it to many friends, it's been mailed to Hawaii and Tennessee, I've dragged it across country with me on vacation (I ALWAYS take it on vacation trips). I had to quit reading it while eating lunch because I would laugh so hard, I was afraid I would quite literally choke to death.
"Handling Sin" is an absolute must-read, a hilarious and touching story about family, love, friendship, and accepting life as it comes to you. Raleigh Hayes and his neighbor Mingo set off on a quest to return Raleigh's father Earley to the hospital. Earley has taken off with an unknown young woman, and has left Raleigh instructions to gather several seemingly bizarre and unrelated objects, and bring them to New Orleans. Desperate to retrieve his ailing father, Raleigh approaches this task with the same determination and focus his applies to everything he does. Life, however, has other plans for our hero.
Join Raleigh, Mingo, Raleigh's ne'er-do-well brother Gates, master criminal Simon Berg, saxaphone player Toutant Kingstree and Peaches the pig as they galavant throughout the South, butting heads with the Marines, Hell's Angels, nuns, and gangsters. Enjoy the Infamous Barbeque at Wild Oaks, and thrill at the derring-do atop Stone Mountain. This story is a joyride from beginning to end. Come join us.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I first read this book when I was about 18 and meant to be studying for my A-Levels. For some reason it made the looming adult world a little less scary. It's the only book I still make a point of re-reading every few years. It's funny, wise, touching, clever, everything modern fiction should be and isn't. The main reason for this is that you actually like and care about the characters. Plus, it's an adventure story - a road movie, really. Sensible, reliable Raleigh is forced to chase his fun-loving free spirit of a father across the Deep South, running into crazy relatives and worse along the way. It's pointless trying to describe the events that take place, there are too many of them and I couldn't do them justice anyway. But trust me, this is a great novel. I've read most of his other books by now too, and they're all pretty good, just no where near as good as this one. In Handling Sin he nailed it perfectly.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Several years ago my neighborhood book club read Handling Sin. It was one of the few books that we all loved! The adventures of Raleigh Hayes and his friend Mingo are hilarious. The characters are an odd lot but one you root for to the end. I had the good fortune to rediscover this book on a vacation last spring. I laughed until I cried. Since then I've recommended to friends and family. My hope is that it is never made into a movie. That would distill the great fun and warmth of it. I consider Handling Sin as one of my top five favorite books.
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My Desert Island book
I love this book. If I was on that programme where you can only take one book to a desert island this would be it. I could just read this book over and over again. Read more
Published 7 months ago by jomanji
Funny and uplifting
Some books are funny. Some are warm. This one is both. When you get to the end and are told that Raleigh Hayes married Aura because he loved her, you truly understand the point... Read more
Published on 25 Jun 1999
Unbelievably excellent!
My wife found this book at a store a year ago. It had a torn cover so we got 30% off but little did we know just how much of a bargain we got. Read more
Published on 18 May 1999
The best contemporary fiction novel I have ever read.
I bought this book ten years ago at a drug store for $1 thinking it would be a good way to pass the afternoon at my swimming pool. Read more
Published on 9 May 1999
An excellent funny heart felt read
I have had 7 copies of this book in the last 10 years and always give them to friend and they give them to friends etc,etc. Read more
Published on 22 April 1999
IF YOU HAVEN'T READ MALONE, YOU HAVEN'T LIVED!!
I love all of Malone's books and am eagerly awaiting his next....
Published on 8 April 1999
The best contemporary american novel
I have read Handling Sin at least five times. Each and every reading brings new insights. It is, quite simply, the best contemporary fiction in American literature. Read more
Published on 22 Mar 1999
A TREASURE
This book is full of pearls. I love giving it as a gift.
Published on 6 Mar 1999
This one deserves to be "discovered"
I first read this book when I was in the Peace Corps in 1993. I had grabbed it off the shelf of "used books" in the PC office one day, on a whim, thinking it was light... Read more
Published on 22 Jan 1999
My All-Time Favorite Book
I wholeheartedly agree with the other reviewers' raves about this beautiful, hilarious, brilliant and touching book. I enjoyed it even more on my second (or was it third?? Read more
Published on 11 Dec 1998
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