Review of Robert R. McCammon’s “Gone South”

Gone South was Robert R. McCammon’s Boy’s Life, which is one of my favorite books of all time. So I had a lot of high expectations for Gone South. While I loved Boy’s Life, I only liked Gone South.

Gone South is darker than Boy’s Life, but McCammon still writes it with a distinctive voice that pulls you in.

This is the story of Dan Lambert. He’s a bitter, disillusioned Vietnam vet living in Louisiana. He’s slowly dying and the bank is trying to repossess his truck. He kills a bank loan officer in a fit of madness and goes on the run.

He is pursued by two of the most-unlikely bounty hunters you’ll ever meet. Flint is a former carnival freak who has the partial head and arm of his unseparated twin brother in his torso. Cecil is an unusual Elvis impersonator who goes by the stage name of Pelvis.

While on the run, Lambert gains a traveling companion in Arden, a pretty girl with an ugly birthmark. She is seeking a faith healer named Bright Girl to help her.

McCammon wrote of the book, “Gone South is a journey from Hell back to the Garden of Eden. Back to a fresh start.”

The book has plenty of action and I enjoyed the two bounty hunters, but the ending left me feeling a little unsatisfied.

[Via http://jimsbookblog.wordpress.com]

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