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Delightful as an audiobook, this novel on the life of a prankster from "Little Egypt" in Southern Illinois follows him from the depression through to today, as he grows and experiences the world, while raising a family and growing a business in a town divided into "oil people" and "sharecroppers". His goal to have his own band of Merry Men and a Camelot to share with them culminates in the biggest prank of all - targeting his neighbor and rival, and oil company employee he has know since childhood. The narration is spot on and lends a twangy voice to our protagonist which rings so true and makes the jokes even funnier!1111