A Feast of Snakes
| Author | Harry Crews |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Southern gothic |
| Publisher | Atheneum Books |
Publication date | January 1, 1976 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 177 |
| ISBN | 0689107293 |
| Preceded by | The Gypsy's Curse |
| Followed by | The Enthusiast |
A Feast of Snakes is a novel by Harry Crews.[1][2] It was published by Atheneum Books in 1976. Many critics considered it to be Crews's best novel.[3][4] It would be his last for more than a decade.[5]
The novel is about an annual snake roundup in Mystic, Georgia.
Kirkus gave the novel a glowing review, writing that "Crews is a true regional writer out of the heart of the redneck rural south and besides the brutality . . . there's the humor, the dynamite dialogue, and the real despair--all tetched with talent."[6] Guy Owen, in The Georgia Review, called it a "surrealistic study of violence and competitiveness in the South."[7] Time thought that is was "full of brilliant descriptions and characters attempting to kick and gouge their way through some back door to salvation."[8] The Virginia Quarterly Review described the paperback edition as "a fierce and funny account of life in Mystic."[9]
A Feast of Snakes was for a time banned in South Africa.[10]
References
- ^ Crews, Harry (January 1, 1976). "A Feast of Snakes". Atheneum – via Google Books.
- ^ "Harry Crews's A Feast of Snakes". The American Scholar. April 27, 2015.
- ^ Fox, Margalit (March 30, 2012). "Harry Crews, Writer of Dark Fiction, Is Dead at 76" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Flora, Joseph M.; Vogel, Amber (June 21, 2006). "Southern Writers: A New Biographical Dictionary". LSU Press – via Google Books.
- ^ "Harry Crews after "A Childhood" on JSTOR" (PDF).
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "A FEAST OF SNAKES by Harry Crews | Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
- ^ Owen, Guy (1977). "Review on JSTOR". The Georgia Review. 31 (2): 525–528 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Sheppard, R. Z. (September 13, 1976). "Books: Fangs" – via content.time.com.
- ^ "REPRINTS & NEW EDITIONS". The Virginia Quarterly Review. 63 (4): 142–143. 1987 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "Crews Transforms Improverished Childhood Into Spellbinding Tales" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
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