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Half Apache and mostly orphaned, Edgar Mint's story begins on an Arizona reservation at the age of seven, when the mailman's jeep accidentally runs over his head. Comedy and pain accompany Edgar through a string of larger-than-life experiences.

Half Apache and "mostly orphaned", Edgar's trials begin on an Arizona reservation at the age of seven when the mailman's jeep accidentally runs over his head. Through it all, readers will root for this irresistible innocent who never truly loses heart, and whose quest for the mailman leads him to an unexpected home.

Golden Richards, husband to four wives, father to 28 children, is having the mother of all mid-life crises. His construction business is failing, his family has grown into an overpopulated mini-dukedom beset with insurrection & rivalry, & he is done in with grief: due to the accidental death of a daughter & the stillbirth of a son.

" Edgar's] soul is as spotless as John Wayne's .45, and so is Udall's sharp and rangy prose. His similes sting, his sentences go bang, and his chapters roll like the wagon wheels across the harsh Mormon desert of right and wrong."GQ "Extraordinary. . . . There are pages that are just fall-down funny. . . . It's like nothing else you've ever read."Newsweek "Vibrant, big-hearted. . . . A poignant, picaresque odyssey."Chicago Tribune "A marvelous first novel. . . . An adept mix of humor and pathos."Los Angeles Times "An ingenious tale that] takes its heart...