This powerful collection of fiction ranges from rural Louisiana and Mississippi to war-torn Korea and a New Orleans ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. The stories bring a host of extraordinary characters vividly to life: soldiers and prostitutes, nuns and children, gangsters and musicians.
This powerful collection of fiction ranges from rural Louisiana and Mississippi to war-torn Korea and a New Orleans ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. The ...
Set in Appalachia in the early 1960s, this is the story of Perry Woodson Hatfield James, torn between family honour and the lure of seedy 'watering holes', trying somehow to survive the tempestuous journey from boyhood to manhood and to escape the dark heritage of the Cumberland Mountains.
Set in Appalachia in the early 1960s, this is the story of Perry Woodson Hatfield James, torn between family honour and the lure of seedy 'watering ho...