Days of the Endless Corvette
Discussion Questions

1. Before becoming a novelist, author Man Martin was a syndicated cartoonist.  How do you think his experience as a cartoonist may have affected his writing of this novel?
2. Ellen Raley believes time may move backward as well as forward and that it even goes in circles.  How do events of the book confirm this?
3. Which of the characters in this story would you most like to meet and why?
4. People are constantly being compared to cars in this story.  Ruby Mulvaney was made on a Monday, people who act strangely have slipping transmissions, and so forth.  What effect does the automotive imagery have on this story?
5. Is the narrator in this story entirely reliable?  When are moments you most distrust what he says?  Do you choose to believe him anyway, and why?
6. The story occurs during major upheavals in American society such as the Watergate Crisis, upheavals which Humble County seems largely unaware.  Does being so out of step with the rest of the country make Humble County foolish or wise?
7. How is Ellen’s love for Earl different from her love for Troy?
8. What part do stories – both written and spoken – play in this novel?
9. Jimmy Wiggins and Mr. Thigpen have diametrically opposing views about religion – whom do you most agree with?
10. How do you respond to the ending of this novel?