Folio Policier: Foire Aux Serpents (Series #A43761) (Paperback)

from BibliophageOnCoffee

Brutal. Nobody captures the simmering rage of an unfulfilled life quite like Harry Crews.

from wrk1

Raw -- rattlesnake hunting, dog fighting, Louisiana bootlegging, male bonding/dominance confusion, brutal relationships, small-town football culture, heroes and cheerleaders, crazy people, depression, alcoholism, racism--all in a few hundred pages. And yet, it's a well-written, character-driven n...

from andyray

I remember the first time I read this. In the beginning of the book, this ex-football hero sits down in his white trash trailer for dinner of overcooked meat and undercooked veggies, and his again-pregnant wife has snot on her face and the two kids are bawling at the top of their lungs and he exp...

from msf59

“White people were dangerous and snakes were dangerous and now the two were working together, each doing what the other told it to. “ “I don't like snakes,” she said. “You're in a hell of a place if you don't like snakes.” “He did not know what love was. And he did not know what good it was. Bu...

from zmagic69

white trash southerner's at their best. A fine read