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Gone South
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780671743079
ISBN: 0671743074
Label: Pocket
Manufacturer: Pocket
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: August 01, 1993
Publisher: Pocket
Studio: Pocket
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Editorial Review:
After killing a man during a moment of blind anger, Dan Lambert heads toward the Louisiana bayous, trying to elude police officers and bounty hunters. By the author of Boy's Life. Reprint. K.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - This Is Good From All Directions
A Viet Nam Marine veteran, a young woman with half of her face an ugly birth mark, a bounty hunter with two heads and three arms, an Elvis impersonator, and last, but not least another Viet Nam vet named "Train". Only the great author of "Swan Song", Robert McCammon, could put all of these characters together and create a wonderful story such as this one.
This story touches on the pain and suffering of our many war veterans, people with deformaties, and people who just choose to live ... Read More
Rating:  - Big McCammon Fan~ Gone south, just ok
I have been a huge Robert McCammon fan ever since I read Swan Song many yrs ago. I just recently re-read gone south and I have to say that it was just ok.... McCammon does a great job in describing all characters and you really do feel you know them, but the end of the book was a little dissapointing, not to mention the whole "Bright girl" thing... Could have been better..
Rating: - A freakishly good yarn from a great storyteller
I read this on the heels of Boys Life and have to say I'm in love with this author. McCammon's descriptions paint the scene and characters with an economy of words. He brings you to the hellish swamps of Louisiana where a troubled Vietnam vet is chased by two strange bounty hunters. One has his twin brother's arm and head growing out of his chest and the other is a junk food eating Elvis "interperator". While the cast of misfits get in and out of outrageous predicaments, they also have time to do ... Read More
Rating: - One of the Best
Again, the most descriptive writer of all times, Robert McCammon's imagination is outrageous! A down and out Viet Nam Vet, in a moment of despair, kills a man and runs. Meanwhile, a nasty man who runs a bounty hunter business sends two freaks after him. One of the freaks has a twin brother growing out of the side of his body. They end up in the swamps where they encounter alligators and drug runners. What a whopper of a great book and when I say you can't put it down, I kid you not. Nobody can ... Read More
Rating: - Going going gone
It's not often that a book can make me laugh out loud while at the same time feeling so sad about the characters lives, but this one did. The fact that the characters needed so little to feel like they were actually getting ahead made me think twice about what is really important. I love the fact that McCammon can and does switch from one genre to another, losing nothing and always delivering what you want-a good story you're glad you read. This book is so evocative you can actually feel the heat ... Read More
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