Um Bom Homem é Difícil de Encontrar
ISBN:
9789896230142
Publish date: April 2006
Publisher: Cavalo de Ferro
Pages no: 240
Edition language: Portuguese
Category:
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Book Club,
American,
Literary Fiction,
Southern,
Short Stories,
Gothic,
Southern Gothic
A Good Man is Hard to Find: A family strikes out on a road trip to Florida, knowing that an escaped convict is on the loose...What a kick ass tale to open the collection. Flannery O'Connor had to be an influence of sorts on Jim Thompson, as this reads a lot like a condensed version of one of his sto...
Kindred's Reading Challenge: #2 A short story collection
Short story collections are always a little tricky. I've read some good collections with many great stories that took my breath away, but not without having to muddle through other stories that barely kept my attention. I thought turning to one of the masters of the short form might help (and perhap...
Mind blowing. Full review to follow.
I only read A Good Man Is Hard To Find for my lit class, but i wasn't expecting much but what i got was a sad tale about a family vacation gone wrong and when i finished it all i could say was "God that was depressing"
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