Author: Harry Crews. New York. 1995. Simon & Schuster. Hickum Looney is determined to win Soaps for Life's annual sales contest - and this year he has an edge. Looney has found that ideal customer: the proverbial little old lady, who swallows all his patter, introduces him to all her friends, and helps him fill a record number of order books. But before he can claim the Cadillac, the trip to Disney World, and the $2,000 in cash as his own, Looney must contend with the Boss, a man who outsells his own salesman year after year. Harry Crews turn the classic rags-to-riches story on its head in this hilarious saga of the trials and tribulations of a beleaguered salesman.