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John Pritchard

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Born in 1938, John Pritchard grew up in the Mississippi Delta, a place so peculiar that it may have forced him to write. He lives in Memphis, Tennessee, where he has taught college English, written jingles, and worked in advertising and PR. In the 1960s, Pritchard worked as a copyboy and then as a news clerk for the New York Times. In the 1970s, he wrote lyrics on Music Row in Nashville, where his songs were recorded by some of the major labels: Warner Bros., RCA, and A&M. The author has also worked as a deputy sheriff. Barnes and Noble named his Junior Ray one of their Top Ten Sensational Debut Novels for 2005. It was followed in 2008 by a sequel, The Yazoo Blues, and now in 2013, by Sailing to Alluvium. A fourth installment, The Quitman C ...more

Average rating: 3.95 · 58 ratings · 12 reviews · 3 distinct works
Junior Ray

3.79 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions
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The Yazoo Blues

4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions
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Sailing to Alluvium

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions
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“though there is no question, as it turns out, that there can be a great deal of difference between belief and truth; yet, given a choice, either will do at two in the morning.”
John Pritchard, Junior Ray

“All of that is far beyond my ability to understand it, though I have no trouble whatsoever in believing it. After all, if understanding were essential to belief, more people would fish on Sunday.”
John Pritchard, Junior Ray

“I shall know my home by its indelible mark upon my longing, for it is the longing that is the plate on which the image is etched in distant light, where there are no angels, only the angelic.”
John Pritchard, Junior Ray

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“though there is no question, as it turns out, that there can be a great deal of difference between belief and truth; yet, given a choice, either will do at two in the morning.”
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