The greatest man in Cedar Hole
by Stephanie Doyon
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Cedar Hole is the armpit of the country, a town full of uninspired and shiftless people trapped by a legacy of mediocrity. In Cedar Hole live Francis "Spud" Pinkham, the least impressive member of an unimpressive family, and Robert J. Cutler, the town's optimistic golden boy. From the moment a young Robert chooses an orange crayon to work on a school project--instead of a brown or gray crayon, or something equally drab--a rivalry exists beteen the two boys that follows them into adulthood.--Tags
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I am SO glad I got this off a clearance table for $2. As it is, I overpaid. Someone should pay you LOTs to endure this book. If this is small town America, then kill me now! The characters range from vicious, violent and stupid to downright passive and pathetic. And that's just one sister and brother. The lazy teacher, leering butcher, neglectful parents (en masse, not just one family!)... A mean-spirited depiction of a town you'd never want to live in and people you'd never want to meet. I can't believe I read the whole thing. What a waste of eyepower. The best thing about it is the cover art and the front flap.
I really like this one. Nothing extraordinary about the story, but the storytelling draws you into the lives of these ordinary people.
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- The greatest man in Cedar Hole
- Original title
- The Greatest Man in Cedar Hole
- Original publication date
- 2005
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