Ed and Brad said: IMO, A FEAST OF SNAKES was Harry Crews'
best novel. Of his 18 or so novels (all of which I've read),
my favorites are BODY, NAKED IN GARDEN HILLS, and THE GOSPEL
SINGER. All are violent, funny, outlandish, and dark. I'd add
CAR to that list.
************ Thanks, guys. I wrote them down. I definitely
want to read more of him. I've been reading MURDER OFF THE
RACK, which is a collection of essays about ten of hardboiled
authors. Well, actually I've just read the ones about
Thompson and Rabe, but both essays make the point that the
authors wrote very good and very bad stuff. Although I'm not
sure if Harry Crews is the same way, its still nice to get
some good solid recommendation.. As someone mentioned in an
earlier post, life is too short to read bad books.
miker
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