Pros: An absolutely absurd and funny take on the dilemma of redneck living. Cons: Very dark and nasty. Probably a little over-the-top for most.
Meet Jeeter Lester, a failed and poverty-stricken cotton farmer somewhere in Georgia. His wife Ada is, by Jeeter's own words, "so durn ugly it's a sin". Out of the brood of children he's sired, hardly any of them want a thing to do with him, other than ...
"...because He's sure dumping on me right now!" Surprise, Jeeter Lester, life is a two-way street, and just because you're friends with a woman preacher who's got her eye on your son--to marry AND to turn into a preacher--God will not suddenly entitle ...
Pros: A moving portrayal of the human condition Cons: none
It seems unlikely that Erskine Caldwell had Samuel Beckett's _Waiting For Godot_ in mind when he wrote _Tobacco Road_, but the similarities are worth noting. Both works present a view of man as condemned to an unpleasant, barren existence without hope...
Pros: Timeless Shock Value Cons: Do the Lesters actually gain anything?
_Tobacco Road_ is an unusual novel as it still bears shock value today. The folks in 1932 must have been absolutely blown away. Caldwell takes the Lester family and shows the devolution of the human. These characters go to any lengths to survive using...
Set during the Depression in the depleted farmlands surrounding Augusta, Georgia, Tobacco Road was first published in 1932. It is the story of the Les...More at HotBookSale
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