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

by William Faulkner

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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.