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Summary: Utter trash!!
Review: McCammon was offensively off base when describing the way of life in south Louisiana. I live in La., not far from the area that Dan was forced to hide in when Flint was on his tail, and I have to say that I have travelled many bayous and was never shot at or threatened by any resident, permanent or visiting. We don't shoot people just because their boat passes our camp. We aren't ignorant, stupid or overly aggressive. Cajuns are known for their friendliness and hospitality. I resent McCammon for suggesting otherwise. Maybe if he tried researching his subject instead of guessing at it, he'd be a better writer.
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Summary: Not up to par
Review: McCammon's characters begin fairly well developed, although they all seem mostly defined by their various maladies/deformities. Once the protaganist is surrounded by the other characters, any meaningful inner dialogue seems to diappear, and the story plays itself out to a predictable, redemptive ending. The bounty hunters sailing off together is a bit trite.
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Summary: Not up to par
Review: McCammon's characters begin fairly well developed, although they all seem mostly defined by their various maladies/deformities. Once the protaganist is surrounded by the other characters, any meaningful inner dialogue seems to diappear, and the story plays itself out to a predictable, redemptive ending. The bounty hunters sailing off together is a bit trite.
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Summary: Clever, funny, and entertaining
Review: McCammon's last novel before he took a decade long hiatus is a must read for anyone that likes suspense books and has a sense of humor. This book is really funny in parts! The cast of characters are unique to say the least, including a guy who has a deformed twin brother growing out the side of his ribcage and an Elvis Presley impersonator. Certainly the lightest of all of McCammon's efforts, this book is an incredibly fun read.I rank this book among all my personal McCammon favorites like Mine, Swan Song, Boys Life, and Speaks the Nightbird.
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Summary: so-so story
Review: Nothing like Swan Song, which I can't find at any local bookstore at the moment. Definitely won't be buying any more of Rob's books.
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Summary: Best book
Review: One of the funniest, and strangest, books I have ever read. It's full of bizarre characters and situations, the dialogue is hysterical (some of it begs to be read outloud), and the action never stops. When are they going to make this into a movie?
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Summary: McCammon pulls off another great story
Review: Robert McCammons "Gone South" is another example of the mans' awesome talent for creating unique, off-beat characters. Characters like Pelvis Eisley and Flint and Clint Murtaugh, would likely be avoided by "normal" people in real life due to their oddities, however in this book you actually find yourself loving them in the end.I think the book was great and I recommend it highly.
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Summary: Hunted, hunting, hot sun, Louisiana swamps, and redemption
Review: This book starts with a dying, good hearted, decent Viet Nam veteran, who accidentally kills the banker trying to repossess his one true treasure -- his pickup truck. He is pursued by the law, and two bounty hunters are on his trail - a man only seeking respect from others, but who gets ridicule when it is discovered that he has an attached Siamese twin, and an Elvis Presley impersonator - hiding his true musical talent under his Elvis Presley personna..and oh yes, he carries around a little bulldog called "mamma" and drives an old Cadillac. The Viet vet comes across and befriends a young beautiful girl - with a full facial birthmark who is off to the Louisiana swamps in search of the "Bright Girl" the magical faith healer that she thinks will take away her facial disfigurement and make everything in her life all right again...All of our characters are off through the swamps, meeting all sorts of crazy characters, plus a slew of drug dealers - it is ! a "Perils of Pauline" type of story with impossible situations, and at the last minute, rescue -- and after this roller coaster ride of adventure we come to the last three chapters which tie up the story. After the violence there is peace, after the ordeal, we end up with changed lives in all of our characters, and to the reader, a real understanding of exactly what this book is all about...
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Summary: first and best Mccammon book I ever read.
Review: This is the first and only book i have ever read cover to cover twice without a break. then I read it again 2 weeks later. That was 5 years ago. I have never forgot it, and have read it twice since then. The characters and situations are great. The plot is lots of fun, but goes deeper everytime I read it. I think I will again this summer.
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Summary: Not as good as Boy's Life, but still good
Review: This is the second of McCammon's books I have read, and although it isn't as good as the first, Boy's Life, I'd have to recommend it. The characters never really become real in your mind and the action is nothing that you'll remember for very long, but I enjoyed the theme of the book, which touched on how it is to be an outsider, or an outright freak. All 4 of the main characters fit this description, and it was what kept me reading. I do have a minor complaint about a small detail of the book. The bad guy at the end, a bodybuilder, lifts 30-pound barbells in each hand numerous times. Barbells are the long bars that you grip with two hands. Dumbbells are the smaller bars that you hold with one hand. A minor point, of course. On the same subject, when McCammon describes this bodybuilder sort, he writes something like "It may have been that he was an excercise nut. It may have been that he loved himself." As a weightlifter -- not an Arnold type, just a slightly larger than average person who lifts weights -- this "loved himself" line really rubbed me the wrong way. Why is this such a stereotype? And why did someone seemingly intelligent like McCammon fall for it? If someone rides an exercise bike for an hour 3 times a week, you'd say he liked to exercise or wanted to stay healthy. If he lifted weights 3 times a week, you'd say he loved himself? I can't speak for others, but the reason I lift -- besides wanting to stay healthy and actually enjoying exercise -- is because I do NOT love my body. I want to change it for the better, and nothing is better for that than lifting weights and eating right. Why look average when 3 hours a week can help you eventually gain 40 or 50 pounds of muscle? Then again, it was just one line in the book, and not everyone can be enlightened about everything in the world, and McCammon writes very intelligently otherwise, so I'll continue to read him and hope that unworthy stereotypes will continue to fade. Now please excuse me while I stare at my reflection in the mirror and kiss my biceps. Oh god, I love myself. Yes, yes, yes!
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