The Bottoms.THE BOTTOMS. Joe Lansdale. 2000/2001. Read by Don Jellerson. 10 tapes. 12 hrs. Chivers Sound Lib., Chivers North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , 0-7927-2459-3. $84.95. Vinyl; plot, author, reader notes. SA Lansdale's mystery combines horror and Harper Lee Nelle Harper Lee (born April 28, 1926) is an American novelist known for her Pulitzer Prize – winning 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird, her only major work to date. . Set in East Texas during the Depression, the novel is a coming-of-age story told in retrospect by Harry Crane, who as an 11-year-old discovers a gruesome grue·some adj. Causing horror and repugnance; frightful and shocking: a gruesome murder. See Synonyms at ghastly. corpse. Someone is murdering and mutilating Negro prostitutes. No one in the white community seems interested in solving the crimes except Harry's father Jacob, a decent man who is also the community's constable. The Klan warns him off. Harry and his younger sister Tom think the killer is the legendary Goat Man, a strange creature that lives in the Bottoms around the Sabine River Sabine River River, eastern Texas and western Louisiana, U.S. Rising in northeastern Texas, it flows southeast and south, broadens near its mouth to form Sabine Lake, and continues from Port Arthur, Texas, through Sabine Pass to enter the Gulf of Mexico after a course of 578 . Finally an old black man is brought in for questioning after finding a victim's purse in the river. A white mob lynches him, even though Jacob tries to stop them. Then a white woman is murdered, and the hunt is on again. Older and mature teens will appreciate this novel, though it is filled with racial epithets and other salty salt·y adj. salt·i·er, salt·i·est 1. Of, containing, or seasoned with salt. 2. Suggestive of the sea or sailing life. 3. Witty; pungent; earthy: salty humor. language. Jellerson handles the soft Texas accents, black dialect, and voices old, young, male and female with equal aplomb a·plomb n. Self-confident assurance; poise. See Synonyms at confidence. [French, from Old French a plomb, perpendicularly : a, according to (from Latin ad-; see . Jellerson's professional theater experience has served him well and listening to him is a treat. Recommended for its sterling narration, its rich details, its fast pace, and its treatment of racial theroes. Janet Julian, former English Teacher, Grafton H.S., Grafton, MA |
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