"The Hornet's Nest" CW novel by (the)Jimmy Carter. (Critics all a-twitter)

The Herald Sun ^ | 14apr03 | Sarah Baxter

[HHFi]

I'll do what I do with most "historial novels": page through it looking for the hilariously bad sex scene with phrases like "throbbing loins" and "Oh, pleasure me, Mandingo!"

[HHFi]

"historial" = "historical." Although in this case, it also = "hysterical."

[Zeppo]

You get my vote for best post of the day!

[Little Bill]

Jimma is Torie scum, get thee gone.

[Rodney King]

One of the characters of his sweeping epic, "The Hornet's Nest", is Ethan Pratt, a forebear with some startling resemblances to Carter.

This might actually be a good read. I have yet to see a book on the Revolution about citizens trying to appease the British, and using the respect thus earned by the British as leverage to win consulting contracts with Colonial merchants. A fascinating perspective, really.

[BfloGuy]

This might actually be a good read

I'm placing my advance order as well.

I can't wait to read the chapter where the lead character sails to London against the advice of the Continental Congress and signs a treaty with King George to reduce the tax on tea and to stop the quartering of Hessian mercenaries in colonists' homes.

[Lawgvr1955]

The only thing I miss about the Carter years is his brother Billy.

[LauraJean]

I almost wasted a good by spitting on my screen lol

[LauraJean]

I really meant good beer not good by see what your writing has done to me