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A beautiful book, full of empathy and poetry and truth. It’s also horrifying and sad—but told with such love for its subjects, it’s hard to believe it came from the piss and vinegar pen of Harry Crews.

This is about southern Georgia in the middle of the 20th century; I grew up in eastern Croatia towards the end of the century, but I recognize a lot of what’s in it. Hard times and places are hard.