Great Southern Novels

[Adventure Wolf]

MY family is from the South, so I read a lot of the novels from southern writers. I think the best southern writer is Truman Capote. His book In Cold Blood is one of the best written works I have ever read. Thomas Wolf is second with Look Homeward Angel. Harper Lee is third with To Kill a Mockingbird.

Does anyone else like southern literature other then me?

 

[Old Town]

Faulkner and James Dickey of "Deliverance" fame. The book Deliverance is pure literature if you like beautiful sentencing and description. Dickey was a poet first and then a novelist. It shows even when depicting vile acts of sodomy as he does in the book. Saw this book placed in a list of top 100 novels ever written in the world. If you have only seen the movie you've not really seen Deliverance.

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[Monty]

Sure, I like them all. The titles you mentioned should be on a mandatory reading list at our higher education schools. Monty

 

[Justice70]

All of my family is from the south also and I love southern writers. Erskine Caldwell is probably my favorite. He and Twain capture the southern humor better than any writer I have had the pleasure of reading. If you have not had the chance to read Caldwell check out Tobacco Road and then Gods Little Acre. I am enjoing Mark Twains autobiography which I got for Christmas. Incidentally, did you know that Capote and Harper Lee were neighbors while growing up and that Capote was Dill in To Kill A Mockingbird? Happy Reading.

 

[Randyg12]

I posted this already and just saw this post. I would have posted it here because it fits in perfect

Ferrol Sams wrote Run with the Horsemen (1982), The Whisper of the River (1985), When All the World Was Young (1992).

"The trilogy features Porter Osborne, Jr., a character who appears to be largely based on Sams himself. Sams's writing drew heavily on southern storytelling tradition.
Sams's works of fiction developed from the act of writing his own memoirs of growing up in rural Fayette County, Georgia, for his posterity. His works are generally set during the Depression and feature several eccentric characters."

Maybe I really enjoyed these books because I'm pushing 70 (Jesus, where did the years go ), but one thing I can say is I couldn't put the books down. Do yourself a favor and go to the library and get "Run With the Horseman" and I'm willing to bet you will be checking out the other two books soon after you finish the first one. I even located and bought some hardback first editions. I read these books at least once a year when I need to laugh.