A feast of snakes by harry crews5/29/2023 Crews' literary landscape always proves interesting. Crews' prose serves as testimony to a culture hidden from city slickers and suburban pilgrims.Īn undercurrent of south Georgia voodoo lingers throughout this classic. Surly, snake-oiled crusaders slither through these serpentine scenes with an unsettling festival most folks call lunacy. The storyline finds the reader at the location of the 'Annual Rattlesnake Roundup.' Moments of gritty hilarity and haunting sadness lure the reader into a heart of darkness.Ĭrews' unforgettable characters of sheriffs, washed up athletes, bootleggers, dirt farmers and wayward women carry on their lives by prowling dark dirt roads, living in trailer parks, chasing whiskey-fueled fevers and enduring eerie struggles for the soul. This novel remains one of the Georgia writer Harry Crews' best books. November in Mystic, Georgia, means it's time for the Feast of Snakes.
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