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Overview
The master of the nearly true is back with The Blue Guide to Indiana, an ersatz travel book for the Hoosier State. Michael Martone, whose trademark is the blurring of the lines between fact and fiction, has created an Indiana that almost is, a landscape marked by Lover's Lane franchises and pharmaceutical drug theme parks. Visit the Trans-Indiana Mayonnaise Pipeline and the Field of Lightbulbs. Learn about Our Lady of the Big Hair and Feet or the history of the License Plate Insurrection of 1979. Let Martone guide you through every inch of the amazing state that is home to the Hoosier Infidelity Resort Area, the National Monument for Those Killed by Tornadoes in Trailer Parks and Mobile Home Courts, and the Annual Eyeless Fish Fry. All your questions will be answered, including many you never thought to ask (like: "What's a good recipe for Pork Cake?").Synopsis
In his eighth novel, Michael Martone, the master of the nearly true, presents an ersatz travel book for the Hoosier State.
Robert Boswell
In the alternate universe that Michael Martone inhabits,...the state of Indiana is the most exotic spot on the planet.
Editorials
From the Publisher
"Michael Martone is a man with a mission, a fabulous inventor of history and memory, landscape and people. His quirky, magical tours hurl the reader across the borders between fact and fiction into a country of the mind where what we desire and fear fills our senses. Take the tops off your convertibles and fly! Indulge your secret curiosities! Trust The Blue Guide to Indiana to point you to some of the most delightful places on the planet."—Melanie Rae ThonLouise Erdrich
...Martone writes with deep affection for the ordinary. In his hands, the...dreams of the American heartland are...quietly exalted.John Barth
Among our wealth of excellent new American short-story writers, Michael Martone is one particularly worth reading.Robert Boswell
In the alternate universe that Michael Martone inhabits,...the state of Indiana is the most exotic spot on the planet.Melanie Rae Thon
...Martone is...a fabulous inventor of history,...memory, landscape and people. His...magical tours...cross...borders between fact and fiction.Rikki Ducornet
Like Mark Twain,...Michael Martone is very, very funny...He is...on his way to becoming a National Treasure too.Book Details
Published
August 1, 2001
Publisher
University of Alabama Press
Pages
120
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781573660952