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A classic Faulkner novel which explores the lives of a family of characters in the South. An aging black who has long refused to adopt the black's traditionally servile attitude is wrongfully accused of murdering a white man.
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"Not the most complex of Faulkner's novels by a long shot, but a very good mystery story with interesting characters. It draws heavily on the racial hierachy of Missississippi as it was to reinforce a strong sense of injustice in the struggle to establish the innocence of a Black man."
— Robert (5 out of 5 stars)
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" The performance of this Faulkner is great. I always love Faulkner and I loved this performance of Intruder in the dust. "
— Melissa, 4/19/2016 -
" Kind of like the Young Adult Faulkner (if there can, indeed, be such a category). "
— Richard, 2/20/2014 -
" Absolutely awe inspiring. Even though at times the author's voice is too obvious and professorial, the language is stunning and the tale is truly captivating. "
— Shaun, 2/4/2014 -
" Not his best work. Atthis point he's slipping, or mailing it in. Whatever the case, the magic is gone. "
— Steve, 1/26/2014 -
" Ultimately this book is part detective story and part apologia for Southern slowness in rectifying Jim Crow and racism. "
— Katie, 1/24/2014 -
" Intruder in the Dust is my favorite book. Everyone should read it. Willam Faulkner is the best American storyteller ever, and this book contains fantastic insights on race, gender, age, people, etc., in addition to just being a great story. Seriously, read it. "
— Courtney, 1/17/2014 -
" didn't love it as much as some of his others, but enjoyed it a lot, a nice compliment to Go Down Moses, love how his books play off each other and people and places reappear or make cameos "
— Hilary, 1/6/2014 -
" Everyone should read this book. "
— Miles, 12/5/2013 -
" I read this book in high school and did a book report on it. I remember being daunted by Faulkner's writing style... not sure I would feel any differently if I read it today. I have read other Faulkner books and found them tough to plow through. "
— Carolyn, 11/21/2013 -
" Well you can't say I haven't tried. "
— John, 11/15/2013 -
" i read this to tutor some students in a friend's class. good stuff. "
— Sarah, 11/3/2013 -
" Set in the late '40's in Mississippi, 16 year old Chuck Mallison (the narrator) is involved with clearing a black man of "red-handed" murder, while his uncle, the town's attorney, tries to save him from lynching. Much discussion of racism, Civil War, Southern life. Very difficult to read. "
— Sterlingcindysu, 10/28/2013 -
" Doesn't quite hold up over the decades, but a groundbreaking novel. "
— Rachel, 10/27/2013 -
" Too slow. The stream of consciousness is particularly difficult to follow in this novel. Frustrating. "
— Alexander, 10/17/2013 -
" Faulkner is brilliant. He is a great writer. But he's not for me. I can't get beyond the mile-long, meandering sentences that go back and forth in time. Maybe I'm lazy, but I can't stay with it page after page after page. And this has been billed as one of Faulkner's most "accessible" novels. "
— Marc, 3/7/2013 -
" I gave it my best shot, but Faulkner just isn't for me. Who can go all those pages without ever indulging in the use of a period? "
— Graceann, 12/27/2012 -
" One can't help but wonder if Harper Lee read this before writing To Kill a Mockingbird. A very similar story with an added touch of macabre humor. "
— David, 11/27/2012 -
" The writing was incredible; no one writes like Faulkner does, but the style, however, was a little overwhelming. If you are looking for an excellent book with a tight plot, Intruder in the Dust is just that type of book. It's fascinating seeing where Faulkner takes his reader. "
— Lauren, 11/2/2012 -
" I read this in high school and had such a hard time with the stream of consciousness style that i could not wait for the book to end. I think that now, as an adult, I should re-read it. I think I would appreciate Faulkner's talent more.... "
— Jonna, 7/23/2012 -
" 4.5 stars, only because it's so hard to top The Sound and the Fury or As I Lay Dying. Still a great read from an incredible writer. "
— Andy, 2/8/2012 -
" What an intriguing novel! Faulkner's stream of consciousness does it again. It's a "must read" in my opinion. "
— Rick, 10/1/2011 -
" i read this one after reading a long string of faulkner and i think i was burned out on him at the time. i probably owe the book another reading. "
— Phillip, 9/16/2011 -
" Introduction to Faulkner. Desperately need to reread. "
— Shawna, 8/29/2011 -
" I love Faulkner, but this one was a real challenge. I found this book even more difficult than 'The Hamlet.' However, as it was Faulkner, it was definitly worth the read. "
— Steph, 6/5/2011 -
" Beautiful though not easy to read, tightly written. Proud black man in southern america is accused of having shot a man. Persuades young white boy to dig up the body in order to prove his innocence. "
— Josefien, 4/22/2011 -
" I probably shouldn't really claim that I "read" it. I read the first half...and then I was done. I'm not a mature enough reader yet for Faulkner. I'll try again someday. "
— Jenette, 1/28/2011 -
" I couldn't even finish. The book was very difficult for me to read. "
— Beth, 12/28/2010 -
" I read this book in high school and did a book report on it. I remember being daunted by Faulkner's writing style... not sure I would feel any differently if I read it today. I have read other Faulkner books and found them tough to plow through. "
— Carolyn, 10/4/2010 -
" This was an entertaining story that meandered a bit at times. It provides a nice counterpoint to Faulkner's family sagas and fleshes out the world of Yoknapatawpha County. Not totally successful as a mystery and not the author's finest work, it is still worth the effort of reading. "
— Daniel, 8/14/2010 -
" An African American man is incorrectly accused of murder, jailed, and eventually set free because two white teenagers and an old woman dig up the body clandestanely. Good story, but parts of it get a little preachy. "
— Jbsfaculty, 7/6/2010 -
" One of the worst books I've ever read. Someone should have introduced Faulkner to the concept of punctuation marks. "
— Madam, 6/11/2010 -
" Not his best work. Atthis point he's slipping, or mailing it in. Whatever the case, the magic is gone. "
— Steve, 5/1/2010 -
" i read this to tutor some students in a friend's class. good stuff. "
— Sarah, 4/6/2010
About William Faulkner
William Faulkner (1897–1962) was a Nobel Prize–winning American novelist and short-story writer. One of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, his reputation is based mostly on his novels, novellas, and short stories, but he was also a published poet and an occasional screenwriter. The majority of his works are based in his native state of Mississippi. Though his work was published as early as 1919, and largely during the 1920s and 1930s, Faulkner was relatively unknown until receiving the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature, “for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel.” He has often been cited as one of the most important writers in the history of American literature. In 1962, he was awarded the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Fiction.
About Scott Brick
Scott Brick, an acclaimed voice artist, screenwriter, and actor, has performed on film, television, and radio. He attended UCLA and spent ten years in a traveling Shakespeare company. Passionate about the spoken word, he has narrated a wide variety of audiobooks. winning won more than fifty AudioFile Earphones Awards and several of the prestigious Audie Awards. He was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine and the Voice of Choice for 2016 by Booklist magazine.