Mcafee County Mark Steadman

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Welcome to McAfee County, home to a big gathering of characters whose stories are as intertwined as kudzu. From Brother Fisco, who vows to percentage the waters of Kallisaw Sound, to Maggie Poat, owner of the local roadhouse, all have a compassionate, good-humored champion in author Mark Steadman, who gently prods us to recognize the flawed humanity we share with McAfee’s misfits, rounders, and other than as supposed or expected lost souls. Moving in and out of each other’s lives in profound, often times shocking, ways, the men and women in these stories form a vibrant community not soon forgotten. Blend Yoknapatawpha and Lake Wobegon, add a twist of southern gothic, and you will have a great deal of idea of what is waiting for you right throughout the McAfee County line.

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“Hilarious . . . Steadman has shown his sense of the comic but has shown his attainments as a lterary artisan as well.”–Charleston Post and Courier

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
McAfee County: A microcosm of race and violence
By George Rabasa
First published in the early seventies, Mark Steadman was even then intent on chronicling a testimony of racism, familial violence and sexual ignorance in the dimmest days before the civil rights upeheval of the sixties. These marvelous stories burn with humor and despair. Even as his characters are by turn brutish and tender, racist, incestuous, and violent, Steadman chronicles their misadventures with a respectful and caring reserve. This fascinating collection is a valuable living testimony of the not so distant past. Ultimately we follow the author into a greater understanding of how consciousness has evolved. And yet, as we congratulate ourselves on how much better things are now, we can see in McAfee County the seeds that threaten to undermine our fragile enlightenment. I highly recommend this book for both its artistry and its wisdom.

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One of the South’s finest writers
By Hank Nuwer
McAfee County is a brilliant book by an author beloved by those who read him.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
One of the South’s finest writers
By Hank Nuwer
McAfee County is a brilliant book by an author beloved by those who read him.

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Mcafee County Mark Steadman

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