Fugitives of the Heart
Hardcover 252 pages English June 30, 2021
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In this, William Gay's last posthumous novel, we have his homage to Twain's Huckleberry Finn. Set in post-World War II Tennessee, in Gay's familiar "Harrikan" area. Marion Yates is a teenager recently orphaned when his notoriously licentious mother dies. When Yates eyes a pocketknife at the local grocery-hardware store, he is befriended by Black Crowe, who buys the knife for him. Yates in turn nurses Crowe through a work explosion, and the two form a seemingly lasting friendship. Yates falls in love, of course, and of course the love is thwarted. First love, racism, and betrayal-these are all topped with Gay's signature wry humor in his signature Tennessee fictional setting. Gay again proves himself a master of prose.
- Author:
- William Gay
- Publisher:
- Livingston Press
- Publication Date:
- June 30, 2021
- Number of pages:
- 252 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 1604892730
- ISBN-13:
- 9781604892734