THE FIRST ANNUAL GRAND PRAIRIE RABBIT FESTIVAL
Book ID/图书代码： 14780009B30985
English Summary/英文概要： Welcome to Grand Prairie, Louisiana—land of confounding accents, hard-drinking senior citizens, and charming sinners—brought to hilarious life in a bracing, heartfelt debut novel simmering with Cajun spice...
Father Steve Sibille has come home to the bayou to take charge of St. Pete’s church. Among his challenges are teenybopper altar girls, insomnia-curing confessions, and alarmingly alluring congregant Vicky Carrier. Then there’s Miss Rita, an irrepressible centenarian with a taste for whiskey, cracklins, and sticking her nose in other people’s business.
When an outsider threatens to poach Father Steve’s flock, Miss Rita suggests he fight back by staging an event that will keep St. Pete’s parishioners loyal forever. As The First Annual Grand Prairie Rabbit Festival draws near, help comes from the strangest places. And while the road to the festival may be paved with good intentions—not to mention bake sales, an elephant, and the most bizarre cook-out ever—where it will lead is anyone’s guess...
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 欢迎来到路易安娜州大草原城，这里包罗了各种口音的人群、醺酒的老人以及充满魅力的罪人，生活热闹欢腾，这部小说首次亮相就夹杂了个中滋味。
神父斯蒂夫·辛比尔回到海湾接手了圣·彼得教堂。他要面对的棘手事情包括祭坛少女、治愈失眠的坦白以及危险存在的集会。然后瑞塔小姐出现了。她年过一百，桀骜不驯，嗜酒如命，肥头大耳，又好管闲事。
当一位局外人挑衅威胁要偷窃神父的信众，瑞塔小姐建议神父上演一场戏反击来巩固教区民众的忠诚。随着第一届大草原城兔子节的临近，如有神助，通到兔子节的道路被好心人铺上了，更不要说面包烘焙、大象和最别树一帜的野炊。人们都在揣测，这背后究竟是谁在操控这一切？(XJJ)
Awards/获奖情况：斯蒂夫是路易安娜州一小镇的神职人员，有很多棘手事要处理。头一个大麻烦就是女人。丹尼斯，自成风格的洛丽塔，是他两个祭坛女子之一。瑞塔小姐，年过90，曾是奴隶的小孩，帮忙抚养过斯蒂夫，住的地方生活复杂到处是违法的食物。四个女集会者没有来早会因为他给了她们眼神暗示。维基是前任牧师的私生女，和斯蒂夫感情要好。斯蒂夫的另一个朋友是帅气的杰克神父，因为同性恋而被迫离职。然而斯蒂夫神父把Pentecostals看做是最大的威胁。他们的神职人员已经着手聚集民众，同时还向当地天主教人发出了橄榄枝。因此，斯蒂夫做了他唯一能做的保证他的凝聚力：他组织了第一届大草原城兔子节。读者们要耐心，因为威顿的书先大大的赞美，继而遏制焦虑，最后回到高潮。 Father Steve, a small-town Louisiana priest, has major problems. First, the women. Denise, a self-styled Lolita, is one of his two altar girls. Miss Rita, a ninety something daughter of a slave who helped raise Steve, lives on the booze, pork skins, and other illegal foods he sneaks into the nursing home. Four female congregants have stopped coming to morning mass because he made eye contact during the service. And Vicky, the illegitimate daughter of the previous priest, is becoming much more than a friend. Father Steve’s other friend, the charming Father Jack, is leaving the priesthood because of issues with his homosexuality. Yet Father Steve considers the Pentecostals to be the biggest thorn in his side. Their charismatic preacher has set up shop just down the road, and will stop at nothing to build his own flock, including wooing the local Catholics. So Father Steve does the only thing he can to keep his church intact: he organizes the First Annual Grand Prairie Rabbit Festival. Readers need to hold onto their hats because Wheaton’s roller-coaster ride of a book has hilarious highs that plunge to soul-baring angst, then zoom back to the top.
About the Author/作者介绍： 肯·威顿现住于纽约布鲁克林区，但生和成长于路易斯安那州奥柏卢瑟斯，在那里他吸收了南方和卡就（cajun）文化的精华，糟粕一点点。他是《岁月广告杂志》（advertising age magazine）的编辑和作者。 Ken Wheaton lives in Brooklyn, New York, but was born and raised in Opelousas, Louisiana, where he picked up all of the good things about Southern and Cajun culture—and only a few of the bad. He is an editor and writer for Advertising Age magazine.
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