The Resource The politics of barbecue, by Blake Fontenay
The politics of barbecue, by Blake Fontenay
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- Summary
- "Barbecue and politics have one thing in common: both can be messy. And nowhere is barbecue more famous or politics more strange than in Memphis, Tennessee. Pete Pigg is the owner of a popular Beale Street restaurant, the Pigg Pen, where customers ogle the "Pigglette" waitresses and toss gnawed-on pork bones into strategically placed buckets. Thanks to a quirk in the city's election laws, Pigg has managed to get himself elected mayor by campaigning in quilt-patched overalls and using schmaltzy slogans like "Nobody knows how to cut pork like Mr. Pigg." But Mayor Pigg is no rube. He's now firmly in control of city hall and up to something sleazy. When he announces plans to build the World Barbecue Hall of Fame in Memphis, it sounds good, but something unsavory lies just below the surface. It's up to an unlikely crew consisting of a cynical public relations man, a famous actress who's smarter than the roles she plays, a feisty female lawyer, an Elvis "tribute artist," and a crossbow-toting hermit to expose the truth."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The politics of barbecue
- Title
- The politics of barbecue
- Statement of responsibility
- by Blake Fontenay
- Subject
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- Satirical literature
- Tennessee -- Memphis
- trueActors and actresses
- trueArson
- Arson
- Arson -- Fiction
- trueBarbecue cooking
- trueEccentrics and eccentricities
- Fiction
- trueGreed in men
- trueMayors
- Mayors
- Mayors -- Fiction
- trueMemphis, Tennessee
- Political corruption
- truePolitical corruption
- Political corruption -- Tennessee | Memphis -- Fiction
- truePublic relations consultants
- Satire
- Satire
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Barbecue and politics have one thing in common: both can be messy. And nowhere is barbecue more famous or politics more strange than in Memphis, Tennessee. Pete Pigg is the owner of a popular Beale Street restaurant, the Pigg Pen, where customers ogle the "Pigglette" waitresses and toss gnawed-on pork bones into strategically placed buckets. Thanks to a quirk in the city's election laws, Pigg has managed to get himself elected mayor by campaigning in quilt-patched overalls and using schmaltzy slogans like "Nobody knows how to cut pork like Mr. Pigg." But Mayor Pigg is no rube. He's now firmly in control of city hall and up to something sleazy. When he announces plans to build the World Barbecue Hall of Fame in Memphis, it sounds good, but something unsavory lies just below the surface. It's up to an unlikely crew consisting of a cynical public relations man, a famous actress who's smarter than the roles she plays, a feisty female lawyer, an Elvis "tribute artist," and a crossbow-toting hermit to expose the truth."--Jacket
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- 10143722
- Cataloging source
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- Fontenay, Blake
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
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- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
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- Mayors
- Arson
- Political corruption
- Arson
- Mayors
- Political corruption
- Satire
- Tennessee
- Label
- The politics of barbecue, by Blake Fontenay
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 897042
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 355 pages
- Isbn
- 9780895875853
- Lccn
- 2012001565
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780895875853
- (OCoLC)775099393
- Label
- The politics of barbecue, by Blake Fontenay
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 897042
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 355 pages
- Isbn
- 9780895875853
- Lccn
- 2012001565
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780895875853
- (OCoLC)775099393
Subject
- Satirical literature
- Tennessee -- Memphis
- trueActors and actresses
- trueArson
- Arson
- Arson -- Fiction
- trueBarbecue cooking
- trueEccentrics and eccentricities
- Fiction
- trueGreed in men
- trueMayors
- Mayors
- Mayors -- Fiction
- trueMemphis, Tennessee
- Political corruption
- truePolitical corruption
- Political corruption -- Tennessee | Memphis -- Fiction
- truePublic relations consultants
- Satire
- Satire
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