Intruder in the Dust (Vintage International) (Picador Classics S.)

by William Faulkner

A classic Faulkner novel which explores the lives of a family of characters in the South. An aging black who has long refused to adopt the black's traditionally servile attitude is wrongfully accused of murdering a white man.

• ISBN10: 0679736514
• ISBN13: 9780679736516
• Publish Date: 29 October 1991 (first published 12 September 1948)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 13 July 2011
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Imprint: Vintage Books
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 256
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780679736516

Reviews

[jamiereadthis]

Dove into this right after Go Down, Moses thanks to Lucas Beauchamp and, well. I owe him one for that. I had to keep putting it down mid-page either to laugh or to think, which is the recipe for what I want out of anything.

Also, I see a lot of people apple-to-appleing this with To Kill A Mockingbird but I’d say it’s more apple-to-pear: kind of similar enough on the outside but if you take a big bite you’re in for a pretty good surprise. There’s just a heap more moral complexity here, which I love because the best place to find good and bad is on the inside of the same person.

And so Beauchamps and Habershams and Gowries alike, a rollicking heartbreaking thought-provoking good story.