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'Gay is a writer of remarkable talent... The Long Home promises to be one of the most discussed Southern debuts since Brown's Facing the Music in 1988.' The New York Times Book Review 'Just when it seemed that the superb writers of the US south could no longer surprise... along comes this astonishing, dark, offbeat novel possessing equal measures of weirdness and beauty... Gay's vivid prose and dramatic instinct create lasting images and human moments of genius. This is a far bigger book than many novels twice its size, and it deserves its place in a rich tradition.' Irish Times
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'Gay's writing is strong and sensuous.' Sunday Times 'A sinewy idiosyncratic voice that falls gratefully on the mind.' The Times
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Set in rural Tennessee in the 1940s this has all the heated, rumbling thunder of Flannery O'Connor's American south stories. Written with insight and searing honesty, it concerns the death of one man and the near-destruction of his son by the wickedness of a vile and arrogant neighbour. This book has everything - steamy sex, violence and despair, delivered in vibrant language with a real depth of feeling.
Gay's descriptions of the land and the weather are original and evocative. Life is harsh in this bold and angry book and the writing is wonderful - distinctive and strong - unforgettable.
Gay's descriptions of the land and the weather are original and evocative. Life is harsh in this bold and angry book and the writing is wonderful - distinctive and strong - unforgettable.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Having recently read and greatly enjoyed Provinces of Night, I was keen to read more by William Gay. The Long Home has a similar sense of place, brooding woods and brooding boys. Between the books the narrative and characters feel like close family. However there are some arresting lyrical moments, and you can't help but care about Gay's brave young men, Winer and Bloodworth. The Long Home just doesn't feel as fully realised. I'd recommend leaving a long pause between reading them.
The comparison to Cormac McCarthy is too trite to repeat. Although the rich descriptions of lands well loved, and the human humane moments in it are memorable and poetic.
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Nothing I write could do justice to William Gay's works. If I could write just one page like him I'd go to heaven content. My title, above, was chosen on many true levels. His genius does break your heart. He started writing late in life, having spent many years squandering his giant talent drinking and working as a jobbing builder. He continued to squander his time and talent and wrote very few books before his premature death - all of which is such a heartbreaking waste. I have read all his books and while I am reviewing one - "The Long Home" - this review is about all of them because all are equal in stature. All his stories are set in the American South and each one reflects the passions, the extremes of temperature, the hot, humid summers and the ice-crackling winters. Each book is filled with authentic people. You know they lived and breathed or died and were as terrible or as tragic as he describes. Each book is a treasure, beautifully crafted and full of dramatic surprises, grief, brief joy, and the most exquisite language. Some scenes are so incredible I almost leap out of my skin. My heart beats fast and I hang on for a ride. If you buy just one last book in your life, make that last book any one of William Gay's giant novels.
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