New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first novel by this Southern humorist, a "master of the comic short story. Set in town of Gruel, South Carolina, this is the tale of a young man named Novel, a professional snake handler who stumbles across strange doings while sitting in a motel room writing his autobiography." SIGNED on the title page. 335 pp. ISBN: 978-0151011285.