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“Harry Crews is magnificently twisted and brutally funny.” - Carl Hiaasen A Penguin Classic Golden-haired, with the voice of an angel and a reputation as a healer, the Gospel Singer appeared on the cover of LIFE and brought thousands to their knees in Carnegie Hall. But for all his fame, he is a man in mortal torment that drives him back to his obscure and wretched hometown of Enigma, Georgia. But by the time his Cadillac pulls into Enigma, he discovers an old friend is being held at tenuous bay from a lynch mob. As Harry Crews’s first novel unfolds, the Gospel Singer is forced to give way to his torment, and in doing so he reveals to the believers who have gathered at his feet just how little he is God’s man, and how much he has contributed to the corruption of each of them.
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About Harry Crews
Harry Crews (1935–2012), born in Georgia, was a protégé of Southern novelist Andrew Lytle. He published his first novel, The Gospel Singer, which earned him a new teaching job at the University of Florida and paved the way for the publication of seven more novels over the next eight years. His reputation as a bold and daring new voice in Southern writing grew during this time. In the 1970s, he wrote for popular magazines and screenplays. In 1978, his memoir of his youth, A Childhood: The Biography of a Place, was published to enduring acclaim. He remade Southern gothic in his own rough-hewn image in eighteen memorable novels, dozens of riveting nonfiction pieces, and one of the finest memoirs in American literature. In 2002, the University of Georgia Libraries inducted Harry Crews into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame.
About Matt Godfrey
Soneela Nankani is an award-winning narrator with over three hundred titles in many different genres including Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, and Nonfiction. She has garnered sixteen Earphones Awards, nominations for Audie and SOVAS awards, and was recently awarded AudioFile magazine’s Golden Voice Lifetime Achievement Honor. Her audiobooks have been featured in Best Audiobooks lists by AudioFile magazine and the Washington Post, among others. In her spare time, she loves to read (yes, really), learn languages, try new recipes, and travel. She lives in the DC area with her husband and two mischievous daughters.