I absolutely love Crews's work. I think his best books are
THE KNOCKOUT ARTIST and CAR, but I've really enjoyed
everything of his that I've found. I also think he wrote one
of the great post-WW2 American essays, "Climbing the Tower",
about the Charles Whitman shootings.
HB? Yeah, I think so, though his work does often take some
strange, surrealistic twists and turns.
doug
---
Moorich2@aol.com wrote:
>
> It was unexpected to read a good notice of my
fellow
> Georgian Harry Crews.
> Admittedly a cultivated taste, I have liked his
work
> from his first novel THE
> GOSPEL SINGER. That one takes place in
Enigma,
> Georgia, a town I know pretty
> well. It's midway between Tifton and
Willacoochee.
> I've also been to
> Mystic, Georgia, setting for A FEAST OF SNAKES.
If
> anyone is planning a
> holiday, there are other towns in Georgia
with
> better rattlesnake roundups
> than Mystic. Personally I prefer the
chitlin'
> festival in Climax, Georgia.
> I've enjoyed every trip through there.
>
> Richard Moore
===== Doug Bassett
dj_bassett@yahoo.com
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