Idiot Men

<p><strong>Like the best country song you have ever heard.</strong> Jane Stern author of <em>Ambulance Girl</em></p><p>With <em>Strangers to Temptation Things that Crash Things that Fly</em> and <em>The Hammerhead Chronicles</em> Scott Gould cemented his reputation as one of the most inventive distinctive voices of Southern literature. In his latest collection Idiot Men he once again gathers a cast of unforgettable characters in eleven stories chock full of exceptional storylines and hilarious writing. </p><p>You'll meet a trucker driver whose wife flees to Jamaica with her lover leaving him to babysit her hairless tomcat Princess Di; a male nurse who discovers a trailer full of counterfeit NASCAR paraphernalia during a home health visit; an amateur arsonist sentenced to a year in a Smokey the Bear suit; a disgruntled roofer with a bad back and a meth-dealing twin brother... these are just a few of the idiot men you'll encounter in a collection of stories that will appeal to readers who relish literature with a Southern flavor.  </p><p>Gould's <em>Idiot Men</em> provides the stage for wayward characters who make poor choices in life and love against a backdrop of elegant prose. These tales recalibrate morality and convention as readers will grow to love the characters despite-and perhaps because of-their flaws. These diverse rich stories are ultimately connected by the spellbinding voice of a true Southern storyteller. </p>