Being from the South I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I'm not sure if it takes another Southerner to appreciate the hilarity in this book, but I doubt it. I laughed so hard I almost hated it when my metro stop arrived! I know the other riders thought I was insane. The tale of a boy growing up in 1970 South Carolina with a father who just really isn't all there. Tales of his father burying items in the back yard to antics of simple-minded, backward-town folk kept me rolling. This book is a quick read not only because of the length of book but because you just can't put it down - waiting for the next laugh, which just a paragraph away.