A Feast of Snakes - Harry Crews BOOK REVIEW
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True story:
A friend of my father's was taught by Harry Crews at the University of Florida. He said he "made Bukowski look like a sober soul"
yeah, I bet
Gothic Lit is a diverse genre. I'm surprised you've never read Dorthy Allison, Toni Morrison, or Zora Neale Hurston for the channel.
Toni Morrison - so dark.
I would add William Gay to the list of great Southern writers .Provinces Of Night and The Long Home are excellent.
Just finished “Provinces of Night” for the third time. His latest posthumous release is great as well. “Fugitives of the Heart.”
You should check out Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio if you haven't!
As always, a pleasure to watch your reviews.
Great review, once again! I really agree with your take and conclusive thoughts on this one.
You might be mildly thrilled to know you've got a subscriber all the way over in Norway. I love your videos and a lot of the books you recommend, so I thought I'd give you a few recommendations in the grit lit/southern gothic-ish genre myself. You might have read some of them.
The Night of the Hunter by Davis Grubb
One of the best books I read last year. Dark, gritty and with a bit of the same underlying suspense you get in a book like No Country for Old Men. Was also made into a movie, which you might have seen.
The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing
An intense, dirty and provocative "southern African gothic" (did I just coin that genre?) depicting racism and human and societal deterioration in mid 20th century Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Apart from the occasional overexplaining, I thought this was a really good read.
Pop. 1280 by Jim Thompson
Suspenseful and increasingly twisted and dirty crime novel. Just great!
Joe by Larry Brown
Warmer and brighter than the ones above, but still pretty good. Nicholas Cage plays Joe in the film adaption, which makes for a treat 😄
Thanks again!
David
Michael Connelly took a minor (at University) in creative writing - a curriculum in which one of his teachers was novelist Harry Crews.
You’re making my TBR incredibly long and incredibly depressing. I love it
Crews' work is dangerously close to being forgotten in the same way Crews himself was constantly on the edge of an untimely death. He's a writer whose work definitely deserves a posthumous renaissance. Paul Giamatti and Michelle Williams did a film adaptation of The Hawk is Dying in the mid-2000s and I can't even find a copy of the novel on amazon. I really would love to see a Netflix original based on The Gospel Singer. I dedicated my second novel to him. RIP Bacon County's own.
Hi Connor. I have been Harry Crews secretary for a couple of years. I did a small documentary about Harry. Giamatti bought it as a bonus of his movie. I get several CDs copy of his movie. If you need one i will be glad to send you one. I live in Spain now.
God speed .
Eric
Bacon County’s only celebrity and sadly the majority of the people right here in Bacon county don’t even know who he is.
Always happy to see watch your reviews!
this novel is the most terrifying nightmare i've ever had.
the other Crews books i love are A Hawk is Dying, The Gospel Singer and of course, A Childhood.
A review of Charles Portis is long overdue
I remember Harry Crews from the 80s, though I never read him...yet. He reminds me a lot of Charles Williford and Frederick Exley.
Mr. Sargent, I think you'd dig the Drive by Truckers: really good southern rock.
Wow love this video. I read this book outta the blue this fall not knowing anything about it. Crazy and rutty for sure... the kinda book that leaves a stank on ya. Glad I read it though. Thanks for sharing. Subscribed too
Peace love and happiness ~ Tracey
The Last PIcture Show movie was based on a novel by Larry McMurtry. I haven't read the book so I don't know how it compares.
The Rattlesnake Rodeo was about an hour north of where I live in Florida, in a tiny town called Opp, Alabama.
I went to a few over the years, and saw many men get bitten by snakes. 😆 It was pretty crazy.
I discovered Harry Crews in the southern gothic/ music documentary "Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus". Movie changed my life and Harry was a part of that.
The Rough South of Harry Crews from PBS is also really good.
Same
He is great in that doc.
Reminder of our colorful American fabric. Thanks, Cliff. Also, something reminded me of Jack Henry Abbot, who wrote about prison life, but with an intellectual's analysis. Your mind will thank you.
'hud' and last picture show - you should read your mcmurtry... thank you for bringing Crews to this world.
yesss! another harry crews review!
Fell into a vat of boiling water? Oh my God, that’s horrific! It seems like many good authors have gone through quite a bit throughout their lives. I’m not sure if you need to suffer in order to be a good artist, but you certainly need to Experience Things. It just so happens that many things that artists experience tend to be bad, but maybe that’s just life.
Great great great review as always, Cliff. I've only read Body by Crew and loved it. Also, great leather jacket, man. May I ask where is it from?
I'll remember that next time I get lost in Georgia some day 🐍
Let's avoid getting lost in Georgia lol.
This was a fun review.
You should read the last picture show. Or better yet, the entire Houston series from Larry McMurtry. He’s incredible.
Love the leather jacket dude. Dapper as always.
Dapper indeed.
Would love to hear your take on Lolita, Cliff.
Should add some Barry Hannah to the channel. Airships is fantastic. So is Ray
Is the cover image an allusion to Nietzsche’s eternal recurrence and the snake 🐍 eating its own head?
Cliff, if I can offer any recommendation based on your videos in the past, please read the novel NEGATIVE SPACE by BR Yeager. It starts off like what you'd expect of a small town horror novel, but it becomes much, MUCH more. I won't say anything further in fear of spoiling, but it is a monumentally powerful novel and it is right up your alley.
Can anyone tell me a proper way to read his books? I mean this is the only book by him that is available in online libraries. And all his books on Amazon are insanely expensive (Maybe cause they are out of print)
The Hawk is Dying - Top Five of all time
Bout time. Crews is the shite.
i'm in a caloric deficit right now too
Seen the vid notification while watching another vid of urs
hey body building is great, but one problem with weights is it can be rough on your joints and you would lose mobility. If you're interested, i would recommend, something cardio heavy to burn off any excess fat you don't want. Perhaps boxing or muay thai?
I've read 'All we need of Hell' by Harry Crews. Can't say I liked it, wasn't intending to read any of his other novels. Going to skip this one too.
If you are into grim southern gothic fiction, look no further than Child of God by Cormac McCarthy. I don't think it's his best book, but still a good read.
Yeah, this one sounded kind of flat to me. Southern Gothic---once you've read Faulkner, sadly---becomes this sort of "oh, it's good, it's dark...but it's not quite Faulkner"
Picked up "The Knock-Out Artist" by Crews for about $1.50 at a secondhand book shop...highly overpriced.
Crew is about losers who lose in the most spectacular fashion. The Spectacular Loser. No Bridge Left Unburnt.
Great recommendation as always, but the product shilling is wince-inducing, sits very uneasily in reviews for some of the best outsider-art fiction. But to paraphrase the Dude - that’s just my opinion man.
I hear ya...But a guy's gotta eat.
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