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A Feast of Snakes

by Harry Crews

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Publisher Comments:

From the acclaimed author of such novels as Blood and Grits and Childhood comes a wildly weird and breathtakingly original visit to the rural South that reveals the exotic subculture that erupts in all its glory at the Rattlesnake Roundup in Mystic, Georgia.

Review:

"No number of adjectives in the thesaurus can do full justice to the dazzlingly bizarre nature of Crews' creations." Washington Post Book World
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About the Author

Harry Crews is an American novelist, short story writer and essayist. His first published novel, The Gospel Singer, was released in 1968. His novels include: A Feast of Snakes, Body, Scar Lover, Karate Is A Thing of the Spirit, All We Need of Hell, The Mulching of America, and Celebration. He published a memoir in 1978 titled A Childhood: The Biography of a Place.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780684842486
Author:
Crews, Harry
Publisher:
Touchstone Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Georgia
Subject:
Black humor
Subject:
Snake hunting
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
General Fiction
Copyright:
1998
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series Volume:
FS-042-96
Publication Date:
January 1998
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
192
Dimensions:
7.92x5.44x.35 in. .37 lbs.
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