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Lord of the Barnyard: Killing the Fatted Calf and Arming the Aware in the Cornbelt

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The manic, painfully funny story of a town’s dirty laundry and a garbagemen’s strike that lets it all hang out. hailed as “a harsh, strange brew, disarming in its richness” and “a fecund and captivating work, distinguished by its color, exuberance, cohesion and inventiveness.” (Times Literary Supplement)

Lord of the Barnyard begins with the death of a woolly mammoth in the last Ice Age and concludes with a greased-pig chase at a funeral in the modern-day Midwest. In the interim there are two...