I doubt that a better book about 'the South' - one that more completely gets the feel of the particular texture of Southern life and its special tone and pattern - has ever been written
New Yorker
A hauntingly beautiful work...This excellent new edition is prefaced with an essay by Paul Binding which sheds light on the mythic structures that underpin the tales
The Independent, Paperbacks of the Year
A great and generous achievement
Jonathan Raban
I doubt that a better book about 'the South' - one that more completely gets the feel of the particular texture of Southern life and its special tone and pattern - has ever been written
New Yorker
A hauntingly beautiful work...This excellent new edition is prefaced with an essay by Paul Binding which sheds light on the mythic structures that underpin the tales
The Independent, Paperbacks of the Year
A great and generous achievement
Jonathan Raban
I doubt that a better book about 'the South' - one that more completely gets the feel of the particular texture of Southern life and its special tone and pattern - has ever been written
New Yorker
A hauntingly beautiful work...This excellent new edition is prefaced with an essay by Paul Binding which sheds light on the mythic structures that underpin the tales
The best Modern Classics to transport you around the world
Fancy a trip? Henry Eliot, host of new podcast On the Road with Penguin Classics, lists his favourite reads to take you away, from Japan to Accra to the island coasts of New Zealand.
