Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
“The classic trifecta of talent, heart, and a bone-deep sense of storytelling….A masterful performance, deftly rendered and deeply satisfying. For days on end, I woke with this story on my mind.”
— David Wroblewski
“A new Tom Franklin novel is always a reason to get excited, but Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter is more—a cause for celebration. What a great novel by a great novelist.”
—Dennis Lehane
A powerful and resonant novel from Tom Franklin—critically acclaimed author of Smonk and Hell at the Breech—Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter tells the riveting story of two boyhood friends, torn apart by circumstance, who are brought together again by a terrible crime in a small Mississippi town. An extraordinary novel that seamlessly blends elements of crime and Southern literary fiction, Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter is a must for readers of Larry Brown, Pete Dexter, Ron Rash, and Dennis Lehane.
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Tom Franklin can write his ass off.
Have you ever gone swimming? Real swimming where you focus on the technique, on the strokes? Where your hands just slice through still water? This writing feels like that to me. Just flawless and smooth and gorgeous.
I loved Larry so much.
Larry stuck out his calfskin glove. Silas's slender brown hand was bare, and despite the quick soul shake it gave, Larry felt how cold his skin was. If he gave him one of his gloves, they could each have one warm hand. He wanted to do this, but how?
I felt physical pain for the letdown life he'd had.
I'd never been to Mississippi before this book.
I'd never met heartache like that living in Larry Ott before this book.
When he did his chest hurt in a way that had nothing to do with the bullet they'd cut out. Nothing to do with the scars raked over his heart, that sad little muscle.
5 STARS
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