The General Store

by Wright Forbucks

The small town of Apple, Massachusetts is falling apart. Mayor Happy Munson has betrayed another "friend." This time it is an old man with the money and brains to get even. Jebediah Jones, the well-endowed owner of the General Store, has been arrested for literally hanging out. And, Doris Keegle, the chairman of Apple's restoration committee, wants Rake Davis, the leader of the town's biker club, to stop half-burying his old Ford pick-up trucks.
THE GENERAL STORE is a wicked comedy about what happens when small-minded people start minding other people's business. This naughty novel is Rated R due to crass language and sexual content. It contains 47,000 words.

165 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 28, 2012

About the author

Wright Forbucks writes dark comic fiction. His works feature a wicked sense of humor and plots involving spiritual quests. In addition to the critically acclaimed, THE WALKING MAN, Mr. Grist has written three other novels, including BILLY GRIST, EVEN STEVEN and THE GENERAL STORE. In addition to writing Mr. Grist is an inventor. He is married and the father of three young boys. He also has a degree from a school that begins with "H" that is located Cambridge, MA. So, he really isn't an idiot :)

Reviews

[T.L. Cooper · Rating 2 out of 5]

The General Store by Wright Forbucks is made up of chapters that feel like reading connected short stories. The stories sometimes feel a bit weird and push the reader toward edges of morality and immorality. Human interactions are strange but sometimes feel all too real. The idiosyncrasies of the characters make them interesting but often not very likable. The General Store weaves the stories of the members of the community together in ways that often don't seem connected yet end up being so in unexpected ways. Forbucks mixes up a variety of beliefs, attitudes, and people in ways that often can seem to decide if he's going to humor or to make a societal, perhaps even political, statement or both. The General Store is filled with the same kind of bluntness, humor, and double meanings that the author's name suggests.

[Shane · Rating 1 out of 5]

I truly love Even Steven. I found The Walking Man to be brilliant. This, the third book of Forbucks that I have read, was not in the same class as the other two. The only reason I even finished the book was because I kept hope that it would get better. It did not.

I am still a fan of the author and I look forward to trying Billy Grist; however, I don't have much -- well, anything really -- good to say about this particular novel.