![]() ![]() It’s the best fiction I’ve read in a long time. In addition to Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, Franklin is the author of the short story collection Poachers, as well as the novels Hell at the Breech and. The title comes from the rhyme that Southern children learn when spelling "Mississippi", but the duality implied by the repeated phrase is a major theme in this book. ![]() It is so often very brief, only one word or two, but so much is said or implied. Tom Franklin (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 130 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 12.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 21.78 27 Used from 2.28 3 New from 13.89 4 Collectible from 13.50 It's 1911 and the townsfolk of Old Texas, Alabama, have had enough. Rarely do you find a novel with such crisp yet delicate dialogue, which does so much to reveal character and plot. So much is excellent in this book, namely the nuanced portrayal of these main characters and of their parents and friends, who weave in and out of their lives, and the rural Southern society and landscape, which is an important part of the plot. ![]() Still, the town ostracizes him for 25 years, until another girl goes missing. ![]() A teenage girl disappears, and the main suspect is the white teenager, but no charges are ever brought because there is no evidence. Follow the Author Tom Franklin Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter: A Novel Kindle Edition by Tom Franklin (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 4,848 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 12. This is a superb book that tells the story of two boys, one black and one white, growing up in a small Mississippi town in the 1970s. ![]()
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