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Desperation Road
by Michael Farris Smith
Desperation Road is a Southern novel about a man just released from prison returning to his hometown and trying to pick up where he left off.
The main character, Russell Gaines, makes it clear what he did to land in prison was his own doing and makes no excuses for what it was that he did do.
Along the way, Michael Farris Smith tosses in a handful of characters to move the plot along and each of these characters are well developed and lack being two dimensions.
While reading the novel, it's clear there are not going to be happy endings, though the reader so badly hopes there are - at one point, I felt a prediction of a plot point would be reasonable, however, I'm glad Smith did not go where I thought the story was going to go, because to do so would have only allowed the story to become contrived, causing the novel to lose it's emotional impact.
If you like novels by Larry Brown, Daniel Woodrell, William Gay or Pete Dexter, then this novel will be welcomed.
Farris brings forth what it's like to drive down darkened, gravel roads in the country late at night while searching for cause or meaning in life.
Highly recommended.......
The main character, Russell Gaines, makes it clear what he did to land in prison was his own doing and makes no excuses for what it was that he did do.
Along the way, Michael Farris Smith tosses in a handful of characters to move the plot along and each of these characters are well developed and lack being two dimensions.
While reading the novel, it's clear there are not going to be happy endings, though the reader so badly hopes there are - at one point, I felt a prediction of a plot point would be reasonable, however, I'm glad Smith did not go where I thought the story was going to go, because to do so would have only allowed the story to become contrived, causing the novel to lose it's emotional impact.
If you like novels by Larry Brown, Daniel Woodrell, William Gay or Pete Dexter, then this novel will be welcomed.
Farris brings forth what it's like to drive down darkened, gravel roads in the country late at night while searching for cause or meaning in life.
Highly recommended.......