01087cam a2200277 4500 76134480 TxAuBib 20020212120000.0 ||||||s1996||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 95-052568 9781878448682 1878448684 (OCoLC)33947230 DLC TxAuBib Akst, Daniel. St. Burl's obituary / Daniel Akst. Aspen, Colo : MacMurray & Beck, 1996. 370 p. ; 24 cm. What is it like to be fat in modern America? The novel answers the question through the eyes of a fat New York reporter who quits his job to travel the country. The downside is when Burl Bennett has to undergo stomach surgery to slim, the upside is when he meets a woman with a fat fetish. A first novel. 20020212. City and town life Fiction. Journalists Fiction. Murder fiction. New York (N.Y) Fiction. TXMTH