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With Extreme Prejudice: A Novel
This gripping novel charts a path between the ambience of The Big Easy and the tension of Presumed Innocent. Suspicious that the death of his attorney wife was more than a simple hit-and-run, a man pursues secrets that lead him to deceit,
- GenresFiction
368 pages, Hardcover
First published October 26, 1993
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About the author
Fredrick Barton
13 books3 followersFredrick Barton's is the award winning author of the novels The El Cholo Feeling Passes, Courting Pandemonium, Black and White on the Rocks (originally published as With Extreme Prejudice) and A House Divided, which won the William Faulkner Prize. His other books include the essay collection Rowing to Sweden: Essays on Faith, Love, Politics and Movies. His short stories have appeared in numerous magazines and in the anthologies Something in Common, Above Ground and Louisiana in Words.
Mr. Barton's fifth novel, In the Wake of the Flagship, has elicited the endorsement of author Richard Ford who said about it, "Barton has a lot of important human business on his mind in this exceptional novel: race, history, the South, hurricanes, laughter, love and much more. In the Wake of the Flagship is wonderfully inventive and addictive to read." Eminent historian Gary B. Nash has hailed In the Wake of the Flagship as "absorbing, head-turning, absolutely brilliant."
Mr. Barton holds a B.A. from Valparaiso University and did graduate work under a Danforth Fellowship, taking degrees from UCLA and the Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. In 2009 Valparaiso awarded him with an honorary doctorate in humane letters in recognition of his achievements as a writer and educator. A faculty member at the University of New Orleans for over three decades, he was the founding director of UNO's Creative Writing Workshop (CWW), its MFA program in imaginative writing, and over two different time periods served in that position for seven years. A former Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Mr. Barton served as UNO Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs from 2003-2008 and in that position led the university through its exigency recovery after Hurricane Katrina. Upon returning to his department, Mr. Barton was honored with the distinguished title, University Research Professor. Today he is Writer-in-Residence in the English Department where he teaches graduate fiction writing classes in the CWW.
Mr. Barton's fifth novel, In the Wake of the Flagship, has elicited the endorsement of author Richard Ford who said about it, "Barton has a lot of important human business on his mind in this exceptional novel: race, history, the South, hurricanes, laughter, love and much more. In the Wake of the Flagship is wonderfully inventive and addictive to read." Eminent historian Gary B. Nash has hailed In the Wake of the Flagship as "absorbing, head-turning, absolutely brilliant."
Mr. Barton holds a B.A. from Valparaiso University and did graduate work under a Danforth Fellowship, taking degrees from UCLA and the Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. In 2009 Valparaiso awarded him with an honorary doctorate in humane letters in recognition of his achievements as a writer and educator. A faculty member at the University of New Orleans for over three decades, he was the founding director of UNO's Creative Writing Workshop (CWW), its MFA program in imaginative writing, and over two different time periods served in that position for seven years. A former Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Mr. Barton served as UNO Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs from 2003-2008 and in that position led the university through its exigency recovery after Hurricane Katrina. Upon returning to his department, Mr. Barton was honored with the distinguished title, University Research Professor. Today he is Writer-in-Residence in the English Department where he teaches graduate fiction writing classes in the CWW.
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July 21, 2013
A little slow at the onset and I had zero idea of where the story was headed, but power through because it is worth it. The ending was phenomenal. So blessed to know the author personally and to finally see for myself what a gifted writer he is.
February 7, 2017
I did not realize that this "new" book in our public library was written 25 years ago. It simply doesn't "fit" in our current life nor with our current values.
April 19, 2020
Actually closer to 4 stars but the beginning was hard to slog through. The case and details pick up about half way through and you can’t stop reading
March 25, 2025
I did not see the ending coming. Some of the movie reviews were a bit long, but other than that I really enjoyed the story.
October 21, 2019
Strange how the term has entered the language, it is after all a euphemism for assassination.
October 9, 2011
It's been a long time since I read this book, but I remember enjoy it very much.
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