Richard wrote: As Todd mentioned, I think there is something
about the coal territory that is given to suicide. My wife's
people are from Harlan ("Bloody Harlan") and Bell County
Kentucky and the depression there is something I am well
aware of.
************ Hardboiled has got roots in the mines.
Pinkerton's MOLLY MAGUIRES AND THE DETECTIVES in1877. RED
HARVEST mentions miners. And thanks for the heads up about
John Yount and HARDCASTLE, Richard.
I just finished Benedict's DOGS OF GOD. Excellent book. Very
dark and ultra-violent. I think there was a lot of symbolism
that slipped by me. Just like cats are a motif in Cain's
POSTMAN, there are a bunch of dogs in Benedict's novel.
There's an anchorite that gets his palm pierced. That sounds
familiar.
I think I mentioned before that I see some big similarities
between Cormac McCarthy's writing and this book. Almost
everybody is bad to the bone, and there's a lot of brutal
violence. There's even a cave ending in DOGS OF GOD, same as
McCarthy's CHILD OF GOD.
DOGS OF GOD is Southern Gothic at its best.
miker
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