Thirteen Albatrosses: (or, Falling Off the Mountain)Welcome to the strange, quixotic quest of Vernon Ingledew: to win the governorship of Arkansas. Ingledew, a self-taught genius, is soon hampered by what his opponents refer to as his “Thirteen Albatrosses.” Among them: he is an atheist; lives in sin with his first cousin; and believes in “extirpating”—that is, getting rid of—hospitals, prisons, tobacco, and handguns. Nevertheless, Ingledew attracts to his campaign some of America’s heaviest political hitters. Together they form Ingledew’s Seven Samurai, aides whose devotion will be tested by kidnappings, adulterous love affairs, and defection to the rival campaign of the vulgar, hated Arkansas Governor Shoat Bradfield. |
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 17 |
Section 3 | 35 |
Section 4 | 57 |
Section 5 | 76 |
Section 6 | 93 |
Section 7 | 113 |
Section 8 | 132 |
Section 13 | 231 |
Section 14 | 251 |
Section 15 | 270 |
Section 16 | 290 |
Section 17 | 311 |
Section 18 | 333 |
Section 19 | 355 |
Section 20 | 374 |
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