A review by cjdawn236
Crazy in Alabama by Mark Childress

4.0

One of my managers practically forced me to read this book, and I'm so glad he did. The only way I can think of to describe it is To Kill a Mockingbird on LSD. That doesn't quite paint the right picture, but it's close. The novel is set in Alabama, summer of 1965 - just a few months after the events in Selma. Half the book is a haunting look at the racial tensions at the time, while the other half is this insane story about a woman who dreams of being an actess and carries around her husband's decapitated head in a tupperware salad keeper. If that doesn't sell you on it I don't know what will. It's so crazy, but so good. I loved it.