Knowing the area he comes from, I can feel it in his writing. He is from deep South Georgia close to the great Okefenokee Swamp, a black water swamp full of cottonmouth and gators. Its where the Spanish moss hangs from the cypress like deaths shaggy burlap.
GREAT interview - thank you. I'm really glad Penguin is republishing some of his best work under their classics imprint... just like Graham Greene!
Thank you for listening. Glad you found this interview.
Knowing the area he comes from, I can feel it in his writing. He is from deep South Georgia close to the great Okefenokee Swamp, a black water swamp full of cottonmouth and gators. Its where the Spanish moss hangs from the cypress like deaths shaggy burlap.
Harry is from my hometown and I actually work with some of his family talked about in his autobiography.