in the land of second chances - george shaffner (2006)

i can't get past his theology. but that does not stop this from being a funny, fuzzy, nice little modern fable that keeps me up past my bedtime, which is no mean feat.

i am captive from the moment i read the jacket, and as i go on i hear the midwest drawl, and the black accent, and the colonel sanders twang. i am transported to a different world - a kinder, full of esprit de corps sort of place, and the ending fits and warms the heart even though, like i say, i can't get past his theology.

this, i realize, is the first male writer of fiction that i've read in a really long while. vive la femme!