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A review by zach_collins
Modern Baptists by James Wilcox
5.0
The Southern United States is difficult. We are backwards yokels who still delude ourselves with the legend of the genteel Southerner, that the Civil War was fought over states' rights, that we are righteous before God and man.
Wilcox's wonderfully awkward hero, the man-child Mr. Pickens, tries his best to find love and respect within his painfully podunk town. But unlike the jokes many Northerners tell, none of the characters are stupid or cruel. They are earnestly, yet ignorantly, pursuing their dreams. They are not crude caricatures, but lovingly rendered portraits of us as we act in our most ridiculous moments, during our most human intervals.
Highly recommended for those who enjoy Southern literature (William Faulkner, Flannery O'Conner). Not recommended for those who prefer Southern fairy tales (Margaret Mitchell, Stark Young).
Wilcox's wonderfully awkward hero, the man-child Mr. Pickens, tries his best to find love and respect within his painfully podunk town. But unlike the jokes many Northerners tell, none of the characters are stupid or cruel. They are earnestly, yet ignorantly, pursuing their dreams. They are not crude caricatures, but lovingly rendered portraits of us as we act in our most ridiculous moments, during our most human intervals.
Highly recommended for those who enjoy Southern literature (William Faulkner, Flannery O'Conner). Not recommended for those who prefer Southern fairy tales (Margaret Mitchell, Stark Young).