Joe by Larry Brown

Joe (Folio Policier, A41660)

by Larry Brown

Hailed as an important voice in contemporary American literary fiction, Larry Brown is the critically acclaimed author of the antiwar novel Dirty Work and the short story collection Big Bad Love. In Joe, an unfulfilled 50-year-old and a desperate 15-year-old team up and follow a twisting map to redemption--or ruin--in this raw and gritty (Kirkus Reviews) Southern novel.

Reviewed by jamiereadthis on

3 of 5 stars

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Fay, Father and Son, Joe. That’s the current order, liable to change at any time. Except I can’t imagine an order where Fay wouldn’t be first. I’m glad to know that when she walks out of the story in Joe, she walks right into her own.

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