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.