Michael Malone

In melodramas there are heroes to unveil the villain; in Dingley Fall there are only people like the rest of us. In the sleepy town of Dingley Falls, Connecticut, something funny is going on. Strange forces are pulling together the oddest of a mild-mannered matron and a lascivious avant-garde poet; a sleek headmaster and a shy young curate; a hippie librarian and the wayward daughter of a local tycoon. What's more, mailboxes are being stuffed with shockingly violent hate letters, even as a mysterious ailment takes the lives of perfectly healthy people. Not to mention the strange lights flashing in the depths of the forest... With a sparkling range of characters who hurtle through an intricate and often hilarious journey, Michael Malone offers a sublime joyride in his classic novel. In the sleepy town of Dingley Falls, Connecticut, something funny is going on. Strange forces are pulling together the oddest of couples: a mild-mannered matron and a lascivious avant-garde poet; a sleek headmaster and a shy young curate; a hippie librarian and the wayward daughter of a local tycoon. What's more, mailboxes are being stuffed with shockingly violent hate letters, even as a mysterious ailment takes the lives of perfectly healthy people. Not to mention the strange lights flashing in the depths of the forest.. In Dingley Falls, Connecticut, in the summer of 1976, all seems well until Beanie Dingley Abernathy runs off with visiting poet Rich Rage, setting off shock waves which soon engulf everyone There was something the matter with Judith Haig's heart.