Your friendly LLF team strongly supports reading Michael Perry's nonfiction (Visiting Tom, Truck), so we couldn't be more excited about his debut adult novel, The Jesus Cow (out in May).
So excited in fact, that we made a Beyond the Book CD with Michael (he's a great musician!). Listen now!
And, as with so many greats, we are not alone in our admiration for his novel.
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“Perry, a New York Times best-selling nonfiction author (Population: 485), radio host, songwriter, and self-proclaimed amateur pig farmer, makes his fiction debut with this expansive yet grounded novel…. VERDICT A hilarious glimpse into small-town life and cowboy/farmer/“Scandihoovian” philosophy, combined with meditations on the meanings of faith, environmentalism, development, and romance. Highly recommended for fans of Christopher Moore.” –Library Journal Starred review
“Humorist Perry’s first novel combines irreverence with just the right amount of sweetness in a genuinely funny satire of religion and morality in small-town, contemporary America.” –Booklist
“Perry’s tale ripples with simple-life nostalgia…Good fun abounds when JCOW Enterprises sets up business and Harley’s life becomes ‘a rough approximation of things hoped for’”. –Kirkus
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I think the moral of the story is, get a copy and read The Jesus Cow now! (How now Jesus cow!)
– Annie