Wiley Cash
Author of A Land More Kind than Home
About the Author
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Works by Wiley Cash
Anthology of appalachian writers 2 copies
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- Canonical name
- Cash, Wiley
- Birthdate
- 1977-09-07
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- North Carolina, USA
- Places of residence
- West Virginia, USA
- Education
- University of North Carolina at Asheville (BA - Literature)
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (MA - English)
University of Louisiana, Lafayette (PhD - English) - Occupations
- professor
- Organizations
- Southern New Hampshire University (professor)
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Statistics
- Works
- 6
- Members
- 2,610
- Popularity
- #9,844
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 248
- ISBNs
- 91
- Languages
- 3
- Favorited
- 6
I love the idea of the confrontation building to a climax at Busch Stadium in St. Louis as McGwire and Sosa battle for the home run record as the season winds down, but the execution was disappointing. The protagonists are hardly settled into their seats before they get shown on the jumbotron, and before you know it psychopathic killer has stupidly attacked his target in the men's room and been apprehended and all danger is over. Seriously, he hunts him halfway across the country only to attack him in a jam packed baseball stadium as soon as he sees him? No stalking? No chase? No suspense! That could have been such a better scene; instead it felt nearly wasted.
He wasn't ever going to recover any stolen hillbilly mafia money that way. It is suggested that psychopathic killer had personal reasons at play, stemming from a minor league beaning incident that may have ended his playing career, but that angle needed considerably more exploration than it received.… (more)