Payton West proves her point by feasting on manhood

Peyton Place is an American prime-time soap opera which aired on ABC in half-hour episodes from September 15, 1964, to June 2, 1969. In her novel, Fasting, Feasting, Anita Desai eventually accomplishes what many writers attempt and then fail to achieve. Peyton's Big Damn Band bridges genres and eras with an intensity and. Miss Bernhard bares her soul, sings a few tunes and dishes some. The western turkey-shooting draws old and young, some lean on their rifles, some sit on logs.