Description
Golden-haired, with the voice of an angel and a reputation as a healer, the Gospel Singer appeared on the cover of LIFE and brought thousands to their knees in Carnegie Hall. But for all his fame, he is a man in mortal torment that drives him back to his obscure and wretched hometown of Enigma, Georgia. But by the time his Cadillac pulls into Enigma, he discovers an old friend is being held at tenuous bay from a lynch mob. As Harry Crews's first novel unfolds, the Gospel Singer is forced to give way to his torment, and in doing so he reveals to the believers who have gathered at his feet just how little he is God's man, and how much he has contributed to the corruption of each of them.
Author: Harry Crews
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 03/15/2022
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.64h x 5.04w x 0.71d
ISBN13: 9780143135098
ISBN10: 0143135090
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Gothic
- Fiction | Literary
About the Author
Harry Crews (1935-2012), author of seventeen novels and a memoir, often wrote about characters from the Deep South--poor, disenfranchised, and considered society's outcasts and misfits--drawing the attention of readers of Southern Gothic and "grit lit". He was born during the Great Depression in Bacon County, Georgia. The recipient of numerous literary honors, Crews was named Georgia Author of the Year for fiction in 1969 for The Gospel Singer and was honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Crews taught creative writing at the University of Florida for nearly thirty years, mentoring and inspiring a generation of writers and gaining the reputation of a literary outsider and outlaw with a singular voice in American fiction.
Kevin Wilson (foreword) is the New York Times bestselling author of The Family Fang; Perfect Little World; and, most recently, Nothing to See Here, which was named a 2019 Best Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, People, and Entertainment Weekly.