A review by tshrope
The Deepest South of All: True Stories from Natchez, Mississippi by Richard Grant

3.0

I thought this would be more fun. While Grant is a keen observer and good writer, I had expected a different book, more along the lines of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. I liked the parallel story of Abd al Rahman Ibrahima aka Prince, and even liked the stories of the eccentrics in the City (although some seemed contrived, as they want to be known as THEE most eccentric town in America), but overall it is a book about racism. There is a frenetic Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personality this town has about its historical fantasy of the grand Antebellum South and its Uber Liberal Political Correctness. I just wished I had known this is what the book was about before I started reading it.