Finished Mo 11/29/21
I ordered this hardback book from Amazon and received it Tu 11/23/21.
I saw the film, 'BLOODWORTH' on Amazon Prime and wasn't wild about the movie, but thought the book would be well worth a look and I wsn't wrong. The writing is some of the best that I've seen in months.
'BLOODWORTH' 2010 film starring Val Kilmer, Kris Kristofferson, Hilary Duff, Reece Thompson, and Dwight Yoakam.
Set in 1952 in very rural Tennessee and concerns the men in the Bloodworth family. There are lots of brothers, cousins, fathers, and uncles and it's a little confusing, but still very interesting.
E.F. Bloodworth is a banjo playing wandering and he has been on the road for a couple of decades and he is returning to his home town. His wife is mentally deteriorating and the family tries to keep his return a secret from her.
The Brothers Bloodworth:
Warren- a womanizing alcoholic
Boyd- his wife left him and traveled to the big city and he's trying to get her back.
Brady- puts hexes on people that he doesn't like. He arranged for a dilapidated trailer for E.F.
Fleming- The smartest of the brothers. He likes to read and is trying to be a writer. In the movie one of the brothers referred to his typewriter as a 'girly machine'.
The author's page at Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gay_(author)
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