You place the call (once known as dialing). Sometimes (encouragingly) they answer before it rings (ring being one of yet another misnomer). A recorded message seeming to be in another language advises you to do something that you can’t understand because you don’t speak that language. You are assured that your call is important. Next comes the part-suggestive, part-command that you may also go to the web site for help. This is spoken quickly and sounds something like h-t-t-p colon slash w-w-w dot gowayfuhgodsake back slash forward slash fagetaboutit dot com. The voice then tells you to listen closely because the menu may have changed since the last time you (made the mistake and) called that number. The menu consists of twenty-some choices of things you may request none of which comes close to your need or you wouldn’t be making the call, right? At the end of the irrelevant list the voice advises to hold the line to speak to an agent. You do so for an interminable thirty seconds when another voice comes on to advise that all of the agents are busy which really means that THE agent is busy. The wait is expected to be (long pause) between two and one-hundred and eighty minutes.
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Praise for True North
A thoughtful yet passionate, densely woven tableau of interconnected lives and eras in the tradition of Sherwood Anderson; Gary Eller brings a lifetime’s care and an artist’s eye to his magnum opus—a shivery swirl of adventure provoking double-takes of recognition: They are us. Rich, funny, moving, and wise.
Joan Frank, author of The Outlook for Earthlings
True North will quickly jerk you by the roots from the tranquil prairie grasses into a world of mystery, murder and intrigue. Eller’s depth of detail and description takes you smoothly through the sights, sounds and fragrances of an uncovered world.
Dennis R. Waller, author of Walkin’ Joe and theMidnight Marauders
Sad, mysterious, tender, sometimes hilarious and occasionally savage. But they all have a couple of things in common: real-as-life characters you’ll want to spend time with, and an elegant readability that will make that time go much too fast.
Jim Nichols, author of Blue Summer, winner of the 2021Maine Fiction Award
Like Toni Morrison, Gary Eller knows salvation is always the motive, whether the crime is murder—or love.
Paul M. Hedeen, author of The Butterfly
Engrossing… Through unflinching narration, Eller submerges readers into the bleak, but lushly imagined, inner worlds of the Little Shays, the Breens, the Morinvilles, and the Peaveys, as they grapple with each other for primacy of place and survival.
Debra Marquart, author of The Horizontal World:Growing Up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere
Funny, compelling, and often disturbing, True North introduces us to characters who endure despite poverty and cruel Fate, and we cheer for them because of and despite their desperation. This novel shows us a new angry Eller, and it’s a justified anger in the tradition of Ed Abbey and Kurt Vonnegut.
Hank Nuwer, author of Sons of the Dawn
Praise for True North
A thoughtful yet passionate, densely woven tableau of interconnected lives and eras in the tradition of Sherwood Anderson; Gary Eller brings a lifetime’s care and an artist’s eye to his magnum opus—a shivery swirl of adventure provoking double-takes of recognition: They are us. Rich, funny, moving, and wise.
Joan Frank, author of The Outlook for Earthlings
True North will quickly jerk you by the roots from the tranquil prairie grasses into a world of mystery, murder and intrigue. Eller’s depth of detail and description takes you smoothly through the sights, sounds and fragrances of an uncovered world.
Dennis R. Waller, author of Walkin’ Joe and theMidnight Marauders
Sad, mysterious, tender, sometimes hilarious and occasionally savage. But they all have a couple of things in common: real-as-life characters you’ll want to spend time with, and an elegant readability that will make that time go much too fast.
Jim Nichols, author of Blue Summer, winner of the 2021Maine Fiction Award
Like Toni Morrison, Gary Eller knows salvation is always the motive, whether the crime is murder—or love.
Paul M. Hedeen, author of The Butterfly
Engrossing… Through unflinching narration, Eller submerges readers into the bleak, but lushly imagined, inner worlds of the Little Shays, the Breens, the Morinvilles, and the Peaveys, as they grapple with each other for primacy of place and survival.
Debra Marquart, author of The Horizontal World:Growing Up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere
Funny, compelling, and often disturbing, True North introduces us to characters who endure despite poverty and cruel Fate, and we cheer for them because of and despite their desperation. This novel shows us a new angry Eller, and it’s a justified anger in the tradition of Ed Abbey and Kurt Vonnegut.
Hank Nuwer, author of Sons of the Dawn
Praise for True North
A thoughtful yet passionate, densely woven tableau of interconnected lives and eras in the tradition of Sherwood Anderson; Gary Eller brings a lifetime’s care and an artist’s eye to his magnum opus—a shivery swirl of adventure provoking double-takes of recognition: They are us. Rich, funny, moving, and wise.
Joan Frank, author of The Outlook for Earthlings
True North will quickly jerk you by the roots from the tranquil prairie grasses into a world of mystery, murder and intrigue. Eller’s depth of detail and description takes you smoothly through the sights, sounds and fragrances of an uncovered world.
Dennis R. Waller, author of Walkin’ Joe and theMidnight Marauders
Sad, mysterious, tender, sometimes hilarious and occasionally savage. But they all have a couple of things in common: real-as-life characters you’ll want to spend time with, and an elegant readability that will make that time go much too fast.
Jim Nichols, author of Blue Summer, winner of the 2021Maine Fiction Award
Like Toni Morrison, Gary Eller knows salvation is always the motive, whether the crime is murder—or love.
Paul M. Hedeen, author of The Butterfly
Engrossing… Through unflinching narration, Eller submerges readers into the bleak, but lushly imagined, inner worlds of the Little Shays, the Breens, the Morinvilles, and the Peaveys, as they grapple with each other for primacy of place and survival.
Debra Marquart, author of The Horizontal World:Growing Up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere
Funny, compelling, and often disturbing, True North introduces us to characters who endure despite poverty and cruel Fate, and we cheer for them because of and despite their desperation. This novel shows us a new angry Eller, and it’s a justified anger in the tradition of Ed Abbey and Kurt Vonnegut.
Hank Nuwer, author of Sons of the Dawn
Praise for True North
A thoughtful yet passionate, densely woven tableau of interconnected lives and eras in the tradition of Sherwood Anderson; Gary Eller brings a lifetime’s care and an artist’s eye to his magnum opus—a shivery swirl of adventure provoking double-takes of recognition: They are us. Rich, funny, moving, and wise.
Joan Frank, author of The Outlook for Earthlings
True North will quickly jerk you by the roots from the tranquil prairie grasses into a world of mystery, murder and intrigue. Eller’s depth of detail and description takes you smoothly through the sights, sounds and fragrances of an uncovered world.
Dennis R. Waller, author of Walkin’ Joe and theMidnight Marauders
Sad, mysterious, tender, sometimes hilarious and occasionally savage. But they all have a couple of things in common: real-as-life characters you’ll want to spend time with, and an elegant readability that will make that time go much too fast.
Jim Nichols, author of Blue Summer, winner of the 2021Maine Fiction Award
Like Toni Morrison, Gary Eller knows salvation is always the motive, whether the crime is murder—or love.
Paul M. Hedeen, author of The Butterfly
Engrossing… Through unflinching narration, Eller submerges readers into the bleak, but lushly imagined, inner worlds of the Little Shays, the Breens, the Morinvilles, and the Peaveys, as they grapple with each other for primacy of place and survival.
Debra Marquart, author of The Horizontal World:Growing Up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere
Funny, compelling, and often disturbing, True North introduces us to characters who endure despite poverty and cruel Fate, and we cheer for them because of and despite their desperation. This novel shows us a new angry Eller, and it’s a justified anger in the tradition of Ed Abbey and Kurt Vonnegut.
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