![]() Around them swirls a remarkable cast of characters: the proprietor of Fast Eddie's Burgers & Beer, the genius behind "Thong Thursdays" Uncle Dart, a Texan who brings his swagger to Indiana with profound and nearly devastating results a snapping turtle with a taste for thumbs a German shepherd who howls backup vocals and the very charismatic state of Indiana itself. ![]() He drives a glitter-festooned truck, the Gypsy Moth, and he is in love with Lola, a woman so free-spirited and mysterious she can break a man's heart with a sigh or a shrug. Nathan Lochmueller studies birds, earning just enough money to live on. **NPR's Best Books of the Year 2013** A great, hilarious new voice in fiction: the poignant, all-too-human recollections of an affable bird researcher in the Indiana backwater as he goes through a disastrous yet heartening love affair with the place and its people. ![]()
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