" Lee Smith] re-creates a vanished way of life with stunning authenticity."--The Philadelphia Inquirer Speed, Alabama, is frantically preparing for the event of a lifetime: Sesquicentennial Week. And all her proud citizens are kicking up their heels in a lively, pompous fancy strut. . . . Praise for Fancy Strut "Smith offers ripe entertainment."--People " She] brings the storytelling gift off the porch swing and onto the printed page with an often breathtaking vitality. . . . A writer of rare talent."--Publishers Weekly "A spellbinding storyteller."--Newsday " Smith] has the gift of a McCullers or a Faulkner of catching the sorrow, irony, and humor indigenous to the Southern temperament."--Booklist