The Heaven of Mercury AUTH-2576336 ISBN13: 9781532690419

ISBN13: 9781532690419

Raúl Ross Pineda (mxsinfronteras@gmail

Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is associate professor of Christian theology and director of the Center for Public Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City

and Predator

The Heaven of Mercury AUTH-2576336 ISBN13: 9781532690419Brad Watson's first novel was eagerly awaited after his breathtaking, award winning debut collection of short stories, Last Days of the Dog Men. In The Heaven of Mercury, Watson fulfills that literary promise with a humorous and jaundiced eye. Finus Bates has loved Birdie Wells since the day he saw her do a naked cartwheel in the woods in 1916. Later he won her at poker, lost her, then nearly won her again after the mysterious poisoning of her