Minnow is an otherworldly story of a small boy who leaves his dying father's bedside hunting a medicine for a mysterious illness. Sent by his mother to a local druggist in their seaside village, Minnow unexpectedly takes a dark and wondrous journey deep into the ancient Sea Islands, seeking the grave dust of a long-dead hoodoo man to buy him a cure/5(55). · James E. McTeer II Born and raised in Beaufort, SC, McTeer is the winner of the South Carolina First Novel Prize. A school librarian in Columbia, SC, he is the grandson of the late J. E. McTeer, whose 37 years as High Sheriff of the Lowcountry (and . · Minnow is a simple story of an uncomplicated hero, yet this richly imagined novel delivers scenes and themes that reverberate all the way back to Dante and Homer. On his unholy quest through the islands off South Carolina, young Minnow battles Mediterranean-sized monsters and hellish storms, and leaves a path that maps a mythical and mysterious Southern wilderness now lost forever/5(52).
Minnow James E. McTeer II Winner of the South Carolina First Novel Prize - An evocative novel that brings to life an intensely realized portrait of the South Carolina Lowcountry and sends its appealing young hero on a journey full of the strangeness of childhood and the difficult choices that come with growing up. James McTeer II: Local author and school librarian draws on family history for first novel Published on April 5, in Profile by newsbyte Born and raised in Beaufort, James Edwin McTeer II was inspired by the life of his namesake grandfather - James Edwin McTeer - for Minnow which will be published by Hub City Press in May of this year. And last year, McTeer's grandson called on this unusual Lowcountry brew in his first novel, "Minnow." James E. McTeer II tells the story of a boy who must search for the grave of a voodoo man in.
Minnow A Novel by James E. McTeer II Hub City Press, May ISBN $ (hardback); pp. Reviewed by Anca L. Szilágyi. Landscape reigns in Minnow, the fabulist debut novel by James McTeer II. Set in South Carolina Lowcountry, the story follows a small boy, Minnow, on his quest to find medicine for his dying father. James E. McTeer II Hub City Press Hardcover $ Among his adventuresome friends, Minnow is perhaps the only boy who does not need to ask “Is it true?” of magical tales. He’s seen enough in his young life to be able to separate out the literary chaff from the truly wondrous. Minnow is a simple story of an uncomplicated hero, yet this richly imagined novel delivers scenes and themes that reverberate all the way back to Dante and Homer. On his unholy quest through the islands off South Carolina, young Minnow battles Mediterranean-sized monsters and hellish storms, and leaves a path that maps a mythical and mysterious Southern wilderness now lost forever.
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