Lee Smith, author of the acclaimed The Last Girls, delights with a tale of dry wit. Smith has won many prizes, such as the Southern Book Critics Circle Award and the Academy Award in Literature. Speed, Alabama is celebrating 150 years of proud existence-and its whimsical inhabitants will definitely not let the event pass without a party. 'Deft and assured ... Smith's seemingly effortless work is a considerable feat ... She is nothing less than masterly.'-The New York Times Book Review