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Father and Son : a Novel by Brown, Larry, 1951 July 9 is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<p><p>a Classic Story Of Good And Evil Set In The Rural American South Of 1968.</p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p>it Takes Formidable Talent To Mesmerize Readers Of A Novel That Focuses On A Deeply Flawed, Unsympathetic Protagonist, But Brown Succeeds Triumphantly In His Most Wise, Humane And Haunting Work To Date. On The First Day That Glen Davis Is Released From The Mississippi State Pen (after Serving Three Years For Running Over A Child While He Was Drunk), He Kills Two Men; That Night, He Callously Tells The Mother Of His Toddler Son That Marriage Is Not Part Of His Plans. On The Second Day, He Rapes A Teenaged Girl. Glen Is A Despicable Personmean, Icily Remote, Seemingly Without Conscience. Sheriff Bobby Blanchard Is Glen's Opposite; A Kind And Decent Man, He Epitomizes Integrity And Responsibility. Bobby Is In Love With Jewel, The Mother Of Glen's Son, And Their Relationship Is Only One Of The Heartwrenching Dramas Played Out Here. Only Halfway Through The Book Do We Learn That Bobby Is Glen's Half Brother; Both Are Sons Of Virgil Davis, Whom Glen Demonizes And Hates And Whom Bobby Wistfully Wishes Would Acknowledge Him. In Fact, All Of The Characters Are Involved In A Web Of

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Author
Brown, Larry, 1951 July 9
Publisher
New York: Henry Holt
Published
1997
Language
EN
ISBN
9780805053036
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
Rating
4.12 / 5 (1,890 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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