A good time for all in 'The Badlands Saloon'

There's Ollie ([Jonathan Twingley]?) coming of age by working the summer in the tourist-town bike shop named "Chains & Whistles." He has lots of time on his hands, since most of the tourists to the Badlands aren't cyclists, so he learns to drink with the locals in the local w...

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Published inThe Bismarck tribune
Main Author Irby, John
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bismarck, ND Bismarck Tribune 21.05.2009
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Twingley, Jonathan
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Summary:There's Ollie ([Jonathan Twingley]?) coming of age by working the summer in the tourist-town bike shop named "Chains & Whistles." He has lots of time on his hands, since most of the tourists to the Badlands aren't cyclists, so he learns to drink with the locals in the local watering hole, and develops slightly strange friendships - as well as a relationship with his boss' girlfriend. Ollie rides a bike everywhere during his stay in Medora (I mean Marysville) and lives in a small trailer named "Wigwam," which isn't the only Native American connection. Lacy "was an Indian girl" and Tank's girlfriend. She was tall and lanky with an intoxicating smile and pony-tailed black hair that shined like lightning. She also became Ollie's love interest, and he became hers. The character who steals the book, however, is Willie Beck, the town's loveable oddball. He lives in a "crappy" trailer with his brother, Llewelyn, who fought against Hitler in World War II. Willie walks all over town talking a mile-a-minute, without really saying anything, and is critical to the book's ending.