{"product_id":"sailing-to-alluvium-john-pritchard-paperback","title":"Sailing to Alluvium -- John Pritchard, Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Pritchard's novels \u003cem\u003eJunior Ray\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Yazoo Blues\u003c\/em\u003e have been dubbed \"hilariously tasteless\" and \"not for the squeamish or pure of heart\"-and equally praised by \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly, Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, and lovers of Southern fiction everywhere. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSailing to Alluvium\u003c\/em\u003e, the third installment of Pritchard's \"Junior Ray Saga,\" irrepressible ex-deputy sheriff Junior Ray Loveblood and his sidekick Voyd Mudd have become \"diktectives\" to stop the murderous activities of a semi-secret, lethal organization of Southern women, the AUNTY BELLES, headed by Miss Attica Rummage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSailing to Alluvium\u003c\/em\u003e is another brilliant tale of the bumbling duo, with an unforgettable cast of characters deeply rooted in the Mississippi Delta, a place both real and imaginary. The novel, hilarious and moving, revolves around obsessions, underneath which lies the dark history of a class conflict that exists in the Deep South, not among black and white but between the white \"haves\" and the white \"have-nots.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Pritchard's work fits well between the singing prose of James Agee and the rustic lampoon and high humor of Erskine Caldwell. The reader is treated to a unique brand of dark comedy that closes the divide between burlesque and metaphysics, fuses the profane with the sublime, and explains the Deep South as no other writer has.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Pritchard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Belt Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781961938175\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pritchard, John","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46531249635556,"sku":"9781961938175","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781961938175.jpg?v=1753589159","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/sailing-to-alluvium-john-pritchard-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}