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Lana Sue has had too many husbands and too little success as a country-western singer. Loren Paul's a semi-successful writer presently sitting on top of a western Wyoming mountain waiting for Cosmic answers.
Together or apart, Loren Paul and Lana Sue are modern folk heroes on this deliciously ribald saga of the new Wild West-a spirited tale of love and loss, of country music and coming home.
"The humor of Western Swing is the key to Tim Sandlin's memorable characters...a wonderful and satisfying experience." -Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Sandlin's is a book about running into the sun and keeping on, with humor, passion, and faith, no matter how you burn or mess up." -Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Tim Sandlin writes about crazy people. Not scary crazies, but the kind of interesting, funny eccentrics with whom the reader would like to spend an evening drinking beer...Western Swing is funny, wise and a bubbling joy to read." -Kansas City Star
"Ongoing life is what this book is all about...Sandlin's voice is a wry mix of cynicism and innocence. Add to that a well developed sense of the bizarre, and you have a book that's fun to read, brimming with high-spirited zaniness."-St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Q: Who are some of your all-time favorite authors?
A: Larry McMurtry, Walker Percy, the Johns -- Nichols, Steinbeck, and Irving -- Jim Harrison, Tom McGuane, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, Sue Grafton.
Q: We all know that Drew Barrymore is a huge fan of your writing. Are you a fan of her work?
A: Drew is an amazing human being. Her method of acting is to become whatever character she is playing, which means she should choose her roles carefully,because that's who she is going to be for a while. Yes, I enjoy watching her work.
Q: Do you still enjoy living in Jackson Hole, Wyoming?
A: I love Jackson Hole and don't want to live anywhere else, even in winter, when it's 40 below zero.
Q: Have you read anything recently that you absolutely loved?
A: Hardcastle by John Yount, The Merry Heart by Robertson Davies.... I just started Burning the Days by James Salter, and I bought a book of poetry by Stephen Dobyns recently that knocked me over.
Q: I noticed that your résumé includes some pretty interesting work, or so it seems on the surface. Which past job would you consider to be the most interesting? Why?
A: Fifteen years before my first publication, I took an off-season job skinning elk, because I knew someday it would look cool on a dust jacket. My favorite job was trail inventory for the Forest Service. They lose trails over the years and have to send someone out to find them. Mostly, though, I was a Chinese cook. I rolled over 20,000 egg rolls.
Anonymous
Posted January 14, 2012
One of my favs
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Overview
Lana Sue has had too many husbands and too little success as a country-western singer. Loren Paul's a semi-successful writer presently sitting on top of a western Wyoming mountain waiting for Cosmic answers.
Together or apart, Loren Paul and Lana Sue are modern folk heroes on this ...