Two Letters Then Booger Den: Land of Dark Waters

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Summary: A Real Page Turner
Review: Davis Temple weaves a very gripping tale. A true page turner that brillantly sprinkles in historical fact with fiction. Temple has a true understanding of the deep South as well as a true understanding of his audience. I highly recommend this work.

Rating:
Summary: A Real Page Turner
Review: Davis Temple weaves a very gripping tale. A true page turner that brillantly sprinkles in historical fact with fiction. Temple has a true understanding of the deep South as well as a true understanding of his audience. I highly recommend this work.

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Summary: Two Sentences Then You are Hooked
Review: This was such a fun book to read. Davis Temple tells the story of the integration of Ole Miss in 1962 from a student's point of view, weaves in a search for a lost high school sweetheart, spices it with a bad preacher and bad law officer who are in cahoots, and uses a Mississippi Delta legend for a final "gotcha." The writing was precise, the plot believable in a gothic Mississippi way, and the outcome wonderfully satisfying. I was glued to the book until the last page. Highly recommended.

Rating:
Summary: Two Sentences Then You are Hooked
Review: This was such a fun book to read. Davis Temple tells the story of the integration of Ole Miss in 1962 from a student's point of view, weaves in a search for a lost high school sweetheart, spices it with a bad preacher and bad law officer who are in cahoots, and uses a Mississippi Delta legend for a final "gotcha." The writing was precise, the plot believable in a gothic Mississippi way, and the outcome wonderfully satisfying. I was glued to the book until the last page. Highly recommended.

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Summary: Universal Appeal in a Southern Setting
Review: TWO LETTERS THEN BOOGER DEN by Davis L. Temple, Jr. encompasses certain universal truths which will appeal to a wide variety of readers - ambition, fall from power, evil, greed, and an unrelenting search for happiness.

The author portrays the main character, Lee Sample, as a complex, ambitious Wall Street type who suddenly finds himself in the direst of circumstances brought about by his undaunting efforts to find and protect a long lost love.

This book is definitely a page turner as Lee's adventures lead him once again to Mississippi - his boyhod home. From the confines of Parchman prison, as a result of a kidnapping conviction, to the deep recesses of a mysterious swamp, Lee's quixotic actions to find and save his Jenny are enthralling.

Thrown into this mix are other intriguing characters such as Big John Henry who is Lee's prison confidant and protector, a greedy southern sheriff, and a diabolical preacher. The author should be lauded also for his authentic depiction of civil rights tension during the desegregation of the University of Mississippi in the 1960's.

Certain elements of Stephen King-like surrealism are cleverly accomplished by Temple with his description of the swamp Booger Den, haunted by its Indian spirits. Other beautifully written descriptive passages are the author's remembrances of the South of his youth, such as the encampment of National Guard troops on the Ole Miss campus and the smothering kudzu permeating the countryside.

These elements of adventure, romance, and mystery combined with the author's talent for creating imagery and his lyrical style using figurative language make this book a must read!