New York: Congdon & Weed, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel about a Lousiana oil man, a comic masterpiece 'ending at the wildest Mardi Gras New Orleans has ever seen.' Jonathan Yardley called Corrington's wit as 'quirky and beguilling. . He is a marvelously gifted writer...he is also one of the South's best kept secrets.'. ISBN: 0-512-927657.