A Gone Pecan

In His First Novel Dusty Thompson Explores The Lives Of Small-Town Southern Folk. The Title A Gone Pecan Comes From A Regional Term Meaning “Somebody’S Done For.”. Cady Mcintyre Lives In Romania Mississippi And Narrates The Story. When The Estranged Husband Of Cady’S Best Friend Finney Turns Up Dead At The Town’S High School Where He Taught English The Sheriff Proclaims The Death Accidental. Finney Claims That Her Husband Unpopular Because Of His Outsider Status And Superior Attitude Feared Someone Might Kill Him. The Two Women Bungle Along In Their Efforts To Solve The Mystery Following Nebulous Clues And Investigating Quirky Suspects.. After Finney Calls Cady About Her Husband Noelicai J. Boddy’S Tragic End Cady Passes The News On To Her Mother Who Doesn’T Know The Man Or His Name. “Noe Boddy Died Last Night” Cady Says. The Mother Accepts The News With Puzzling Nonchalance. Despite Repeated Efforts To Explain The Sad Event The Older Woman Remains Unmoved. “Lord Mother” Cady Finally Says “Dr. Boddy Died Last Night! Finney’S Husband?” This Play On The Deceased’S Name Gets The Book Off To A Good Start.. Readers Who Like A Farcical Tale Will Enjoy This Story With Its Larger-Than-Life Characters And Puzzling Mystery.