![]() ![]() ![]() I read it because this was the highest rated piece of fiction in my Goodreads to-read shelf. This review only reflects the Boy's Life, the first of the two novels within this volume. " Gone South is an absorbing, bizarre thriller that blazes through the dark and swampy bayous of Louisiana like a jagged bolt of hot summer lightning.McCammon is a truly original American author." - Lansing State Journal. "A gothic picaresque that mixes gritty plot and black comedy.a thriller." - The Wall Street Journal. When he flees South and meets a woman named Arden in search of a faith healer, there ensues a riveting, twisting tale of desperation and discovery. ![]() In Gone South, a moment of rage and fear, and a past filled with disturbing memories turns Dan Lambert into a unwitting killer. "This superbly told tale combines the sensibilities of Mark Twain, Flannery O'Connor, and Steven Spielberg.a solid coming-age story and a fine mystery.Devour this bountiful book." - New York Newsday. McCammon ( Swan Song, Stinger, The Wolf's Hour).īoth set in the South, Boy's Life tells a haunting tale of a young boy's seemingly ordinary life in a town called Zephyr, until one day he witnesses a car with a man at the wheel plunge deep into Saxon's Lake. ![]() Two extraordinary novels in one volume from the New York Times bestselling author Robert R. ![]()
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