by Robert Jackson Bennett
When his daughter is killed senselessly by a disfigured drifter named Mr. Shivers, Marcus Connelly travels across the Despression-stricken country for vengeance in the company of several hobos, each with a reason for wanting Mr. Shivers dead...This tale of death in the Dustbowl was an odd animal to ...
A bit slow. Too straightforward and predictable.
What starts out as a straightforward story set in the dustbowl of the Great Depression turns into something far more surreal and menacing.Connolly is hunting a scarred man that killed his daughter across the heat and dust of the American dustbowl. The hobos he meets along the way have tales to tell ...
I am vacillating between three and four stars on this one. Robert Jackson Bennett has written a thoughtful horror novel that captures the desperation of the Great Depression and explores our own ambivalence about death and misfortune. It is perhaps too thoughtful. Those looking for an action packed ...
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