Fancy Strut

By Lee Smith
(Ballantine Books, Paperback, 9780345410399, 368pp.)

Publication Date: September 29, 1996

Categories: Literary

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“Deft and assured . . . Smith’s seemingly effortless work is a considerable feat. . . . She is nothing less than masterly.”
—The New York Times Book Review

“[LEE SMITH] RE-CREATES A VANISHED WAY OF LIFE WITH STUNNING AUTHENTICITY.”
—The Philadelphia Inquirer

“SMITH OFFERS RIPE ENTERTAINMENT.”
—People

“[She] brings the storytelling gift off the porch swing and onto the printed page with an often breathtaking vitality. . . . A writer of rare talent.”
—Publishers Weekly

“A SPELLBINDING STORYTELLER.”
—Newsday

“[Smith] has the gift of a McCullers or a Faulkner of catching the sorrow, irony, and humor indigenous to the Southern temperament.”
—Booklist