The Miracle Life Of Edgar Mint

A miracle of storytelling bursting with heartache and high spirits.Half Apache and mostly orphaned, the adventures of Edgar Presley Mint begin on an Arizona reservation at the age of seven, when the mailman's jeep accidentally runs over his head.Shunted from the hospital to a reform school to a Mormon foster family, comedy and trouble accompany Edgar - the irresistible innocent who never truly loses heart, and whose quest for the mailman leads him to an unexpected home.This riveting picaresque novel has become an international best-seller.

“Original and sympathetic... Like John Iriving he draws credible, emotionally engaging characters, who find themselves afflicted by the oddest and most unexpected of mishaps... One of those rare novels that is so touching and so odd, you couldn't make it up”

The Times
One of the most enjoyable reads of the year Time Out
Peopled with beautifully-drawn characters and full of colour, drama and pathos, this is a superb first novel Scotland on Sunday
If this was a film it would be made by the Coen brothers. Quirky, charming and very funny Mirror
Very accomplished... Edgar is a brilliant creation The Bookseller

Brady Udall is the author of Letting Loose the Hounds and, most recently, The Lonely Polygamist. His work has appeared in The Paris Review, Playboy, GQ and Esquire, and his stories and essays have been featured on National Public Radio's This American Life. He teaches in the MFA program at Boise State University, and lives in Boise, Idaho and Teasdale, Utah with his wife and children.

'Superb' Scotland on Sunday 'Original and touching' The Times If I could tell you only one thing about my life it would be this: when I was seven years old the mailman ran over my head. As formative events go, nothing else comes close . With these words Edgar Mint, half-Apache and mostly orphaned, makes his unshakable claim on our attention. Shunted from the hospital to a school for delinquents to a Mormon foster family, comedy, and trouble accompany Edgar - the irresistible innocent who never truly loses heart, and whose quest for the mailman leads him to an unexpected home. 'A story that tears at you and calls you back to it... There is also a human heart beating in here, as beautiful and profound as your own'Junot Diaz 'Quirky, charming and very funny' Mirror 'One of the most enjoyable reads of the year' Time Out Also by Brady Udall: jpeg of Lonely Polygamist

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