Money, Love: A Novel

by Brad Barkley

When he mother abandons Gabe's door-to-door salesman father, Roman, for his uncle Dutch, a wealthy and reliable car dealer, Roman enlists the aid of sixteen-year-old Gabe to win Gladys back, embarking on an outlandish odyssey of country carnivals and state fairs, selling tickets to the gullible to see the Death Cars of Celebrities.

Genres: Fiction

320 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Brad Barkley is the author of the novels Money, Love (Norton), and Alison's Automotive Repair Manual (St. Martin’s), two collections of short stories, and three YA novels with Penguin: Scrambled Eggs at Midnight , Dream Factory, and Jars of Glass. Brad has won numerous awards, including four Individual Artist Awards from the State of Maryland and a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. His short fiction has appeared in nearly thirty magazines, including Southern Review, Georgia Review, the Oxford American, Glimmer Train, and the Virginia Quarterly Review, which twice awarded him the Emily Balch Prize for Best Fiction. His work was anthologized in New Stories from the South: The Year's Best. A native of North Carolina, he lives in Western Maryland with his wife Kristin and their dog, Millie Grace. When not working, he plays as a hang glider pilot and a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

Reviews

[Jesse · Rating 5 out of 5]

Okay, admittedly, the author was one of my favorite college professors. But it definitely aligns with my rating policy. If I've given it 5 stars, you cannot borrow it, because I'm too afraid that I won't get it back.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

"...and the last thing I needed was for him to catch me committing poetry."

"...my head was already trying on tomorrow's headache."

[Nick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved it. Great characters, atmosphere.

[Toesnorth's mom]

excellent, first novel