HUNGRY: A Novel (English Edition)

A 99-year-old black man recounts his life as an eater of strange objects in the Jim Crow South. Oddly, his eating talents coincided with major events of the Civil Rights movement.A successful lawyer learns lessons about himself and his history as he witnesses Hungry's final performance -- eating a car which he promised a woman he'd do if she would marry him. A charming magical story in the tradition of "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop" and "Big Fish".