2001
AML Award:
Marilyn Brown Novel Award
Presented to:
A. Jeff Call
For:
Mormonville
Mormonville by A. Jeff Call is the story of an eastern
journalist who is assigned by a rather sadistic newspaper executive to
come to Utah to discover the "real dirt that must be there" about the
Mormons. When the jaded journalist arrives, he begins to discover the
truth. Jeff Call admits the truth is sometimes very hilarious. He is
to be congratulated for writing a first novel that not only deals with
every cultural phenomenon of the Mormon ethos, but in a way that makes
us smile, laugh at ourselves, andlove what we see. This is a
remarkable work, one of a kind, a theme that future writers may not be
able to repeat. It's now been done, and well. The AML is honored to
present Jeff Call with the Marilyn Brown Novel Award in honor of his
achievement.
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