A review by jonbar94
Blackwater: The Complete Caskey Family Saga by Michael McDowell

5.0

Oh, awesome, in the olden sense of the word. This really is a master work. I never wanted to leave the town of Perdido, Alabama. A river monster joins a family and over half a century plays out a capitalist’s wet dream—as the monstrous Caskey family grows you slowly fall in love with all of them, even the wretched ones. The climax has left a hole in my heart. It’s not even horror; it’s just plain old literature.