Лучшие книги Гарри Крюс

Округ Бэкон, штат Джорджия, 30-е годы. Харри и его друзья изучают торговый каталог Sears и изумляются тому, насколько «все люди на его страницах идеальны», хотя они давно знают, что все это ложь и не существует способа жить в этом мире без увечий. Американская Джорджия первой трети XX века – жестокое, едва ли не доисторическое захолустье бедности и убожества, населенное людьми со всевозможными формами уродства: шрамы, отсутствующие пальцы, откушенные уши и искалеченные конечности. Сам автор в пять лет упал в чан с кипятком для ошпаривания свиных туш и с него сошла часть кожи. Но его автобиография начинается задолго до этих…

From the acclaimed author of such novels as "Blood and Grits" and "Childhood" comes a wildly weird and breathtakingly original visit to the rural South that reveals the exotic subculture that erupts in all its glory at the Rattlesnake Roundup in Mystic, Georgia. "No number of adjectives in the thesaurus can do full justice to the dazzlingly bizarre nature of Crews' creations".--"Washington Post Book World".

The poor town of Enigma, Georgia awaits the return of its most famous son - the Gospel Singer. With the voice of an angel and, it is said, the touch of a healer, he is fresh from the cover of LIFE and the cheers of the Carnegie Hall crowd. And yet, for all his fame, something drives him back to his obscure past, to small-town idolization and half-forgotten deeds. There, before the crowds that have gathered at his feet, he will reveal the cruelty at the heart of his act ...

The Gospel Singer, Harry Crews' extraordinary debut novel, is at once a surreal investigation into the nature of the American South, as well as an intricate mediation on faith and its place in the community.

The hard-hitting narrative of a black boxer of uncommon promise-- and his descent into the New Orleans underworld. "A brilliant specialist in black humor, Crews delivers the goods once again. . . uncannily effective."-- Publishers Weekly

In his highly acclaimed 11th novel, Crews has written a wild, weird black comedy that takes place over one weekend during a women's bodybuilding competition. A secretary has found a new life as a champion bodybuilding contender, but her turns things upside down with their redneck antics.

Chronicles the story of Duffy Deeter, a Florida lawyer obsessed with fitness and images of death; his wife Tish, a platinum blond having an affair with his law partner, and Duffy's girlfriend Marvella, a coke-snorting nymphet.