Joe (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Larry Brown
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Realism, Regional fiction
- Subjects: Crime or criminals, South or Southerners, Twentieth century, Rural or country life, 1980’s, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Violence, Mississippi, Honor
- Locales: Mississippi
The one-syllable punch of the title of this novel gives the measure of its eponymous protagonist. Joe deserves such a name; no one ever would call him “Joseph.” He is a hard-drinking, gun-concealing, good old boy from the backwoods of rural Mississippi, a place described in all its dark loveliness by the author. Brown’s milieu, however, is not the columned mansions, the Junior League clubrooms, or the New South fern bars. Joe is a contractor for a lumber company. His world is that of small storekeepers, petty criminals, prostitutes, and gamblers. It is a lower-middle-class...
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