Double-wide: Collected Fiction of Michael Martone [Paperback]

In this one volume, readers have access to the two decades of Hoosier mythology created by Michael Martone, one of Indiana's most recognized voices. This book collects work from Martone's first five books:Alive and Dead in Indiana,Safety Patrol, Fort Wayne Is Seventh on Hitler's List(IUP, 1990, 1992),Pens?es: The Thoughts of Dan Quayle,andSeeing Eye.Virtually all of the stories in this double-wide collection speak to the Hoosier experience and imagination. Places like Martone's hometown of Fort Wayne, as well as Peru, Elkhart, and Indianapolis, and narrators such as Colonel Sanders, Alfred Kinsey, and James Dean's high school English teacher all come to life with the author's trademark blend of irreverent humor and incisive reality.

Collected early fiction of one of Indiana's premier writers

Author Michael Martone is the national winner of the 2013 Indiana Authors Award

Michael Martone is Professor of English at the University of AlabamaTuscaloosa. He is the author of seven works of fiction, includingThe Blue Guide to IndianaandMichael Martone,two collections of fiction,The Flatness and Other LandscapesandUnconventions: Attempting the Art of Craft and the Craft of Art,and six edited volumes. He lives in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Double-wide is a must not only for Hoosier readers, but also anyone interested in exploring Indiana's cultural landscape.

Michael Martone's short fiction combines remarkable originality with a keen eye, deadpan humor, and an amused, massively knowledgeable obsession with his native Indiana. What a pleasure, to have these sparklers from all over the American scene collected in one volume!

Table of Contents

Preface

1. From Alive and Dead in Indiana
Highlights
Everybody Watching and the Time Passing Like That
Pieces
Alfred Kinsey, Along After and Interview, Dreams of Indiana
Whistler's Father
Dear John,
The GreelC"