false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167094621m/18789.jpg 18789 25 An assortment of perverse characters act out this dramatic story of the kidnapping of a Mississippi debutante. 1646639 1931 Sanctuary total:1742|5:350|4:609|3:599|2:139|1:45| 1742 6306 2397 112 4 3 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 12:14:08 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 12:21:40 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 16:32:32 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 05:02:21 -0800 2009 three shape up best when I can inhabit the characters and identify with what makes them tick and as of last week things w...more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 15:14:18 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 08 07:37:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Feb 07 12:22:42 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 12:22:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 07:04:50 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 07:08:48 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 09:05:16 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 09:50:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Feb 24 01:06:20 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 00:45:10 -0800 2009
first and foremost, faulkner is an amazing stylist. it feels like i slip off into an alternate universe each time i read him. faulkner doesn't tell stories; he creates climates. there's something earthy and visceral about his language, and it was in...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 12:22:26 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 12:22:26 -0800 2009
This was his popular AND critical breakthrough careerwise. Sure, he has much better novels. But they didn't catch on the way this one did? Why?

This is an exciti...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 09:31:47 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 10:14:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 09:47:49 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 09:48:29 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat May 30 21:43:15 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 21:59:20 -0700 2009 Your bod...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 21:09:41 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 15:44:45 -0700 2008 Sanctuary many times before considering Faulkner's own admission of writing the novel for dough and then salvaging what he could of it in the rewriting stage, but here is a clear case of mood over story. Texture and atmosphere are clearly in evidence in his signature im...more...]]> 4 0 false true Thu Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 22:38:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 21:24:47 -0700 2008
But it was the t...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 14:35:52 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 20:56:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 18 07:30:49 -0700 2009 Wed Feb 25 09:02:49 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 18 07:30:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Sep 05 14:45:34 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 14:49:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Feb 24 19:33:56 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 13 08:34:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 18:45:27 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 18:51:17 -0700 2009
It was like half very thoughtfully written and half dashed off in a hurry seeming - and this happened from sentence to sentence throughout!

It read like a page turner, which would support Faulkner's claim that he wrote it as pulp fiction to make mo...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1985 Sun Mar 02 17:21:11 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 17:34:01 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 24 18:47:48 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 10:29:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=18789