It Isn't Murder If They're Yankees

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Summary: Tom Robbins meets Thomas Harding
Review: Jerry Stratton's It Isn't Murder If They're Yankees is a brilliant blend of Tom Robbins style wit with Thomas Hardy style story telling. Once I started it, I could not put it down. It is definitely one of my top ten favorite books.

The genre of the book is hard to pin down. Like Tom Robbins' Still Life with Woodpecker, the politically savvy humor and out of the ordinary wit make the writing style of It Isn't Murder If They're Yankees unexpectedly thought provoking and entertaining.

The plot revolves around several well developed characters including a Virginian school teacher and an unlikely serial killer. The setting of modern day Virginia acts not only as a backdrop but is incorporated almost like a character in the novel, reminiscent of Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd.