Harry Crews

[kopper]

I've never actually read any of his books, but I've been intrigued by them quite a few times. He's just one of those authors I've always passed on at the last minute in favor of something else.

So, if I were to start reading some Crews, what would be the best one to start with? In your humble opinions, of course!

Thanks in advance.

[pat]

check out " A Feast of Snakes". a good read for sure!

[pat]

kopper,  

http://www.amazon.com/Feast-Snakes-Novel-Harry-Crews/dp/0684842483

[Dan Electreau]

I (humbly) agree.

pat said:

check out " A Feast of Snakes". a good read for sure!

[The screamin' Soul Preacher]

Yep, that's the first one I've read (and enjoyed) too !

[kissoffboardy]

The Classic Crews Reader can be picked up dirt cheap secondhand.

 

It's the first thing I read and it got me hooked on his themes and styles. Even if you don't click with it, at the price you can pick up a used copy, it's no big deal to pass it on to someone else.

[Bibliodiscoteque]

I'd start with Cars or Celebration. Celebration is raunchy and magical. Car was the first one I read and a great 'gateway' drug as the story isn't too far out there. Either way, you win.

 

[Root Doctor]

I've liked Crews's non-fiction a great deal. His memoir, "A Childhood," is an unflinching look at rural southern life, and his collection, "Blood and Grits," is equally unsettling.