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  • Topic: Harry Crews

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    • December 14, 2007 11:16 AM CST
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      Just read my first book by him, the brutal and funny A Feast Of Snakes, it blew me away, one of the best novels ever! I've got The Hawk Is Dying as well? Where do I go from here, Crews-wise?
    • July 28, 2011 5:02 PM CDT
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      Harry Crews is great and if you are looking for another sort of Southern brutality I advise checking out Joe R Lansdale. You know him best as the man who wrote Bubba-Ho-Tep, but his detective fiction is brutal and filthy. There are some great videos of him reading from his novels on Youtube.
    • November 13, 2008 11:56 AM CST
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      I read A Feast of Snakes last month, buying the book the day after I heard about Crews, and was wowed. What an incredible book. I've got a copy of The Gospel Singer but I'm caught up with some other books at the moment. Can't wait to get to it. I can't believe it took me so long to hear about Crews!
    • October 12, 2008 2:51 AM CDT
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      Yeh the Classic crews collection and gospel singer are fantastic... I think Crews was influenced by Flannery O'Connor too "A good man is Hard to Find" is a good place to start with her... If you haven't already...

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