Joe
 

Joe

by Larry Brown

Nearing fifty, Joe Ransom won't slow down, not in his pickup, not with a gun-and certainly not with women. But all the fast living in Mississippi won't fill the hunger Joe can't name. At fifteen, Gary Jones is already slipping through the cracks. Part of a hopeless, homeless wandering family, he's desperate for a way out. He finds it in Joe. Together they follow a twisting map to redemption-or... (read more)

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Horribly gritty – alcoholism, violence, child abuse and general depravity in the rural south, but excellent writing. And some of the characters do have redeeming qualities.

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