I listened to the audio of this one and it was very well done. This was all about the story, the relationships, the secrets. The characterizations throughout were spot on and I was totally immersed in the tale from start to finish.I enjoyed everything about this one. 4.5 Stars. Excellent. Highly Re...
Definitely sped through the last 60 or so pages! I was not ready for it to end. I enjoyed this book a lot. I liked the way that the story was told from the perspective of the two main characters. This book touched on some issues such as racism and inter racial relationships but it was not too heavy....
The secrets that you keep....will drag you under.In the later part of the 1970s, two boys.....Larry, who always has his nose in a horror novel and athletic Silas, thrown together by chance, form the fragile kind of friendship that outcasts find, a friendship made even more fragile by the weight of i...
Set in rural Mississippi, a land of magnolias, kudzu, and lob-lolly pines, this is a mystery novel with two narrators, "Scary Larry" Ott, who has had no friends for 25 years, and his former friend, Silas Jones. Larry Ott was a lonely boy in 1982, when his first date ended in disaster (the girl di...
Format: Audio CDs from LibraryNarrated By: Kevin KenerlyOriginal Publication Year: 2010Genre(s): MysterySeries: NAAwards: Barry Award Nominee, Anthony Award Nominee, The Crime Writer’s Association Gold Dagger, Edgar Award NomineeI have complicated feelings about the South. I am, arguably, a product ...
Read in 2011 It took me forever to figure out what this book was saying about race. about isolation, about injustice. Once I got it, I stuck with the book until the end, and I'm glad I did. I can relate to the protagonist in his frustration with the world around him, and in his despair that life h...
Crooked Letter Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin is a gripping and extremely well written mystery novel.The story is set in a small town in Mississippi where boyhood pals Larry Ott and Silas 32 attend school. Larry was the child of lower white class white parents and Silas the son of a poor, black sin...
I picked this up a kindle freebie a while ago and finally read it due to good reviews. It was okay. I think it was a more depressing book than I was in the mood for. I also found it to be fairly predictable but well written.
This was really good. Although one could say it is a crime novel, it is also a beautiful story about friendship and loyalty.Some other thoughts/reviews:Life... With Books: http://www.lifewithbooks.com/2012/05/crooked-letter-crooked-letter-by-tom-franklin/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_c...
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