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Nate Jorgenson winner of the 2004 Benjamin Franklin Award for Best New Voicein Fiction for his novel Waiting for White Horses tells the story of afrustrated dentists search for redemption in his second novel The Mulligan.From the outside it seems Joe Mix should be happy. Hes got a healthy familya successful practice and plenty of time for sports cars and leisurely golfingat the country club. But lately the little things have been getting to him anda new emptiness seems to be overtaking his life. Convinced hes feelingsomething much deeper than a textbook midlife crisis Joe Mix loads his truckwith two packed duffel bags and his dog and calls the office to tell hisreceptionist hes not coming to work?ever again. In the spirit of UpdikesRabbit Run The Mulligan relates Joe Mixs journey with clarity and poignancyappealing to that part in all of us that wonders what it would be like to get adoover?to walk away from the mindless daytoday life in which we?ve e «
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