The Reivers
William Faulkner
The adventures of a Mississippi innocent who, with two older friends, "borrows" his grandfather's automobile one day in 1905 and heads for Memphis.
Read Time: ~3.3 hr
A Long and Happy Life
by Reynolds Price (1961)
About this book
The troubled love story of pretty, headstrong Rosacoke Mustian and the motorcycle-riding, stoic Wesley Beavers, A Long and Happy Life beautifully evokes a rural North Carolina now long gone.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraLate 20th Century
Protagonist / CoreNotable Characters
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