Handling Sin
Handling Sin by Michael Malone is a reprint edition published by Sourcebooks in 2010, featuring 720 pages in English. This novel follows Raleigh Whittier Hayes, a forgetful husband and prosperous insurance agent from Thermopylae, North Carolina, who discovers that his father has disappeared with a young mental patient, leaving behind a list of seven outrageous tasks for Raleigh to complete in order to rescue him and reclaim his inheritance.
Readers will find themselves immersed in a humorous and adventurous narrative as Raleigh, accompanied by his loyal friend Mingo Sheffield, embarks on a contemporary treasure hunt filled with unforgettable characters. The story explores themes of family life and human connections, all set against a backdrop that reflects Southern culture and small-town dynamics. Through Raleigh’s journey, the book presents a blend of comedy and poignant moments, making it a notable entry in the realm of literary fiction.
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On the Ides of March, our hero, Raleigh Whittier Hayes (forgetful husband, baffled father, prosperous insurance agent, and leading citizen of Thermopylae, North Carolina), learns that his father has discharged himself from the hospital, taken all his money out of the bank and, with a young black female mental patient, vanished in a yellow Cadillac convertible. Left behind is a mysterious list of seven outrageous tasks that Raleigh must perform in order to rescue his father and his inheritance.
And so Raleigh and fat Mingo Sheffield (his irrepressibly loyal friend) set off on an uproarious contemporary treasure hunt through a landscape of unforgettable characters, falling into adventures worthy of Tom Jones and Huck Finn. A moving parable of human love and redemption, Handling Sin is Michael Malone’s comic masterpiece.
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