by Robert R. McCammon
I have a new favorite Robert McCammon novel. I didn’t know if anything could ever usurp Mystery Walk or Mine, but here we are. Gone South is a glorious, countrified character study; on display is one of McCammon’s most enthralling plots set against the swamps of Louisiana. If I may humble brag for...
Gone South is a bit of a departure from Robert McCammon’s usual horror fare. The story is part adventure, part fantasy (at least hinted at), and strongly character centric. Dan Lambert is a Vietnam vet slowly dying of Agent Orange. After his wife leaves him, and the bank is going to repossess his tr...
bookshelves: published-1992, winter20092010, mystery-thriller, north-americas, noir, fraudio, boo-scary, fantasy, amusing, gothic, plague-disease, testost-tosh Read from February 22 to 24, 2010 UnabridgedThe story so far (after 80 pages): Nam vet, riddled with pain from a brain tumour and leuka...
I'm not worthy of reviewing this book. A modern classic. Enough said.
I'm not worthy of reviewing this book. A modern classic. Enough said.
UnabridgedThe story so far (after 80 pages): Nam vet, riddled with pain from a brain tumour and leukaemia due to contact with agent orange, looses it, kills someone, then runs. Two bounty hunters are put on his trail and these are two of the most singular personalities dreamt up in fiction. It's dar...