Fancy Strut: A Novel

“[Lee Smith] re-creates a vanished way of life with stunning authenticity.”— The Philadelphia Inquirer

Speed, Alabama, is frantically preparing for the event of a lifetime: Sesquicentennial Week. And all her proud citizens are kicking up their heels in a lively, pompous fancy strut. . . .

Praise for Fancy Strut

“Smith offers ripe entertainment.” — People

“[She] brings the storytelling gift off the porch swing and onto the printed page with an often breathtaking vitality. . . . A writer of rare talent.” — Publishers Weekly

“A spellbinding storyteller.” — Newsday

“[Smith] has the gift of a McCullers or a Faulkner of catching the sorrow, irony, and humor indigenous to the Southern temperament.” — Booklist