Beautiful Dreamer, by Christopher Bigsby
Beautiful Dreamer, by Christopher Bigsby, reviewed by Trish Burns, Library Director
(Thomas Dunne Books, 2006, 183 pages, $21.95)
Do not be misled by the pretty cover and title – this book is a gripping tale of race and revenge played out in early twentieth century Tennessee. Told in four voices – the field worker, the murdered man’s son, the lawman, and one of the members of the lynch mob, the story has four disparate narrators who tell the story of a black man who dared walk through a front door, the white man who dared defend him, and the tragedy that follows. The book has been compared to the works of Faulkner and Steinbeck; the language is spare and intense and every word counts.
(Thomas Dunne Books, 2006, 183 pages, $21.95)
Do not be misled by the pretty cover and title – this book is a gripping tale of race and revenge played out in early twentieth century Tennessee. Told in four voices – the field worker, the murdered man’s son, the lawman, and one of the members of the lynch mob, the story has four disparate narrators who tell the story of a black man who dared walk through a front door, the white man who dared defend him, and the tragedy that follows. The book has been compared to the works of Faulkner and Steinbeck; the language is spare and intense and every word counts.
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