Gone south kindle edition by mccammon, robert r download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Creepy robert mccammon books that will keep you awake at. Raised by his grandparents in birmingham, alabama, mccammon published hi. Every wordin this online book is packed in easy word to make the readers are easy to read this book.
This book was my followup to boys life, and was written basically from a dark place of despair. Robert mccammon is the new york times bestselling author of boys life and gone south, among many critically acclaimed works of fiction, with millions of copies of his novels in print. The story is part adventure, part fantasy at least hinted at, and strongly character centric. A veterans moment of rage leads to a chase through the bayou in this tale of jackhammer suspense by the new york time. Dan is a downonhisluck vietnam vet who accidentally kills a. The last novel mccammon published before his hiatus from writing, this book is about a vietnam war veteran on the run. Mccammon has made the american south his own gothic playground in these four unforgettable novels. Mc cammon s swans song was published in 1987, whilst kings the stand in 1990. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading gone south. This was my first book by robert mccammon, but ill definitely be reading more of him in the future. Buy a cheap copy of boys life gone south book by robert r. Following the release of gone south, robert decided to change publishers.
His bills are piling up and he is several months behind on his truck payment. Collectors will want to take special note of the 250 copy signed limited edition, which includes a 14,000 word signed bonus hardcover by tim powers. This outing includes new and rare stories by subpress favorites including caitlin r. Click here to see the awards mccammons work has received. Boys life and gone south by robert mccammon and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. His characters are very believable, even the odd ones. Buy a cheap copy of boys lifegone south book by robert r. All the main characters in gone south are searchers. They are moving into the unknown, on dark and twisty roads that gradually converge. Gone south by robert r mccammon book cover, description, publication history. Robert r mccammon was an author i stumbled across on a recommendation when i was in my teens,i was. Gone south is set in louisiana and tells of dark exploits of arden halliday, who is a vietnam veteran.
Gone south is about the pressures and uncertainties of life, the unfairness of it all. Gone south by robert mccammon 1993, paperback, reprint for. After killing a man in an instant of blind fury and fear, dan lambertdesperate, unemployed, and torn by dark memoriesflees south toward the louisiana bayous in. Gone south by robert mccammon 1992, hardcover for sale. Dan is a downonhisluck vietnam vet who accidentally kills a man and goes on the run.
Both set in the south, boys life tells a haunting tale of a young boys seemingly ordinary life in a town called zephyr, until one day he witnesses a car with a man at the wheel plunge deep into saxons lake. Flooded by memories, poisoned by the deadly fallout of agent orange, and desperate for work, dan lambert kills a man in a moment of blind fear and fury. The content of this book are easy to be understood. Raised by his grandparents in birmingham, alabama, mccammon published his first novel, the revelationsinspired baal, when he was only twentysix. Buy the paperback book gone south by robert mccammon at indigo. Dan lambert is a vietnam vet slowly dying of agent orange.
His writings continued in a supernatural vein throughout the 1980s. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. Click on the covers below for more information about each of the books. If, in boys life 1991, mccammon took a giant step away from horror mine, 1990, etc. Now he is on the run, heading toward the louisiana bayous, with the police and bounty hunters on his trail. After authoring gone south, mccammon took a long break from writing to concentrate his energies on being a good father to his daughter, skye, and his wife, sally. Dan, an otherwise good guy, is a legitimate fugitive from justice for killing someone. Gone south is weirder than it might sound, and its probably more fun it has any right to be.
Mccammon delivers a visionary masterpiece of violence and redemption. In case you havent noticed, i make up a lot of goofy pet names and grand titles. Gone south it was hells season, and the air smelled of burning children with one of the most arresting first sentences in contemporary writing the atlanta journalconstitution, robert mccammon unfurls his visionary masterpiece of survival, redemption, and the. He clashed with the editor at a new publisher regarding the direction of speaks the nightbird, a historical fiction novel, the. I am saddened by this because i feel that he was just beginning to find his own very unique voice with his last two books, gone south and boys life.
It was great to listen to robert mccammons writing. This volume features two breathtaking novels set in robert mccammon s atmospheric smalltown south. Gone south and swan song, by mccammon are awesome, and both would make great movies, in part because his characters are so unique and the stories are real, in terms of emotion. The novel focuses on a vietnam veteran who commits murder whilst in an understandable rage. Suffering from his exposure to agent orange and desperate when his car is repossessed, dan lambert kills a loan officer in a moment of rage and flees to the louisiana bayou. First published in august 1992 in hardcover by pocket books.
Gone south it was hells season, and the air smelled of burning children with one of the most arresting first sentences in contemporary writing the atlanta journalconstitution, robert mccammon unfurls his visionary masterpiece of survival, redemption, and the astonishing transformations love can create. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. After the publication of gone south, his 11th novel, mccammon retired from writing for 10 years, citing the changing publishing industry and a desire to spend more time with his family. From rural alabama to the louisiana bayou to the north carolina mountains, world fantasy and bram stoker awardwinning author robert r. It was hells season, and the air smelled of burning children with one of the most arresting first sentences in contemporary writing the atlanta journalconstitution, robert mccammon unfurls his visionary masterpiece of survival, redemp. This volume features two breathtaking novels set in robert mccammons atmospheric smalltown south. Mccammon, gone south was written during a very dark period in his life. Oct 14, 2008 robert mccammon is the new york times bestselling author of boys life and gone south, among many critically acclaimed works of fiction, with millions of copies of his novels in print. So, reading this book entitled free ebook gone south by robert mccammon does notneed mush time. Gone south is the final book robert mccammon completed before his early retirement and its a shame, because he was maturing into a writer that had outgrown the horror label he had given himself in the eighties.
Two extraordinary novels in one volume from the new york times bestselling author robert r. Kiernan, robert mccammon, and kat howard, and a number of newtous voices. Gone south is a bit of a departure from robert mccammons usual horror fare. Dan is a veteran who served his country faithfully. One of the influential names in the late 1970searly 1990s american horror literature boom, by 1991 mccammon had three new york times bestsellers the wolfs hour, stinger, and swan song and around 5 million books in print. The vet is dan lambert, 41, a hardluck louisiana carpenter slowly dying from cancer agent orange. Four chilling tales from the new york timesbestselling author of swan song and the true master of the gothic novel booklist. Creepy robert mccammon books that will keep you awake at night. I never read the full book of gone south and i bet the abridgment chopped the story up a bit, but i thought is it very well done. Gone south by robert r mccammon was published in 1992 is 392 pages long.
However, like the characters in gone south, he has his own path to follow and his own dreams to pursue. Much of that darkness is reflected in the characters. He is a recipient of the bram stoker lifetime achievement award, the grand master award from the world horror convention, and is a world fantasy award winner. However, he eventually returned to writing in 2002, bringing us the matthew corbett series and other novels that blend horror with historical fiction, mystery. Mccammon has followed the popular and critical success of boys life with a book that is much darker, but written with the same headlong narrative grip.