<p><font face="Verdana">There's a reason this memoir of a 100-year-old woman's sun-soaked rural childhood is not at all what it seems. In Bruno Maddox's warmhearted comic novel it is soon revealed why a young man who knows very little about history and even less about being a woman attempts to improvise an old woman's autobiography in a single frantic night， and why he fails. A love story， a murder mystery， an acclaimed satire， <em>My Little Blue Dress</em> is a hugely entertaining and hilariously audacious fiction debut， &quot;a winsome and vastly entertaining novel&quot; (<em>The New York Times Book Review</em>) by a marvelous new literary talent. <br />

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&quot;In his first novel， Maddox concocts a hilariously off-the-wall satire of the memoir. . . . Brilliantly funny . . . Maddox's writing is purposely uppity， but the kitschy， honest overtones communicate a very witty take on love and life.&quot; (<em>Publishers Weekly</em>) <br />

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&quot;Hilarious . . . fun， full-throttle stuff.&quot; (<em>Entertainment Weekly</em>)</font></p>