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A flamboyant, small-statured man returns from the city to his rural hometown for a funeral, arriving in conspicuous dress and carrying shifting business schemes. The episodic narrative follows his comic misadventures as he pursues promotions, sales, and speculative ventures, repeatedly missing opportunities while trying to impress neighbors. Humorous set pieces alternate with quieter moments that reveal his insecurity, vanity, and stubborn optimism. A gallery of patient, often exasperated townspeople and vivid local detail frames an affectionate portrait of community life shaped by ambition, folly, and the ordinary rhythms of small-town society.

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Title: Mr. Opp

Author: Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice

Release date: April 14, 2008 [eBook #25070]

Language: English

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