Long, Last, Happy: new and Selected Stories

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Miami Herald EXCELLENTSegment Operating ResultsHome & Building ProductsTelephonicsAward-winning Southern writer Barry Hannah (1942-2010) published nine novels and four short story collections during his lifetime. The 31 stories in Long, Last, Happy, published posthumously, draw from his previous collections, with four new additions taken from an unpublished manuscript.New York Times EXCELLENTNY Times Book Review CLASSICFirst quarter revenue increased 16% to $118 million compared to $102 million in the prior year quarter, driven by volume growth in all geographic regions and the benefit from the pass through of higher resin costs in customer selling prices, partially offset by the negative impact from foreign currency translation.Wall Street Journal EXCELLENTCRITICAL SUMMARYThe Company will hold a conference call today, February 3, 2011, at 4:30 PM ET.There is some hardcore which is called 'clear sandstone' which has no loose sand within it. This would therefore not wash away and would stay there longer. If the hardcore must be put down this would be cheaper in the long run and would not create as much mess.Longtime fans will be thrilled to find so much of Barry Hannah's best short fiction collected here; newcomers will be gratified to discover that this Mississippi native is, indeed, a Southern gem, a fearless writer with a passion for language and an affinity for the absurd and the grotesque, "political correctness be damned" (Miami Herald). Although Hannah focuses more on ways of telling the story than on plot, readers will enjoy each tale's ribald quirkiness. Says the New York Times, Hannah is "heir to the bitter humor of Mark Twain, the Roman Catholic gothic of Flannery O'Connor and the South's outsize tradition of tall tales. ... all pureed in his own eccentric Cuisinart of hick postmodernism." All that, of course, is reason enough to delve into this Southern master's work, and there's no better place to start.JANET WALKER Pole MoorGERONIMO REX (1972): * William Faulkner Prize, Nat ional Book Awa rd Nominee. This grotesque coming-of-age story was Hannah's debut novel. Think stream-of-consciousness Catcher in the Rye, but with more misogyny and fewer likable characters.Q1 EPS: ($0.03) vs. $0.07; Adjusted EPS: $0.11 vs. $0.07Conference Call InformationOn a pro forma basis, prepared as if ATT was purchased on October 1, 2009, first quarter revenue of $414 million increased 5% in comparison to $396 million in the prior year quarter; revenue growth was driven by revenue increases of 16% and 4% in Plastics and HBP, respectively, partially offset by lower revenue at Telephonics."What [James] Joyce and [Hunter S.] Thompson offer is simply the glorious experience of the English language knocking your socks off. Barry Hannah belongs in this noble company." MICHAEL DIRDABoston Globe CLASSIC

GERONIMO REX (1972): * William Faulkner Prize, Nat ional Book Awa rd Nominee. This grotesque coming-of-age story was Hannah's debut novel. Think stream-of-consciousness Catcher in the Rye, but with more misogyny and fewer likable characters.

Author: Barry Hannah