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Blackwood
The small town of Red Bluff, Mississippi, has seen better days, but now seems stuck in a black-and-white photograph from days gone by. Unknowing, the town and its people are about to come alive again, awakening to nightmares, as ghostly whispers have begun to fill the night from the kudzu-covered valley that sits on the edge of town.
A TIMES/SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
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The small town of Red Bluff, Mississippi, has seen better days, seemingly stuck in a black-and-white photograph from days gone by. Unknowingly, the town and its people are about to come alive again, awakening to nightmares, as ghostly whispers begin to fill the night from the kudzu-covered valley on the edge of town.
When a vagabond family appears on the outskirts and twin boys and a woman go missing, disappearing beneath the vines, a man with his own twisted past struggles to untangle the secrets amidst the town's trauma.
This is a landscape of fear and ghosts, of regret and violence. It is a landscape transformed by the kudzu vines that have enveloped the hills around it, swallowing homes, cars, rivers, and concealing terrible secrets. Blackwood is the evil in the woods, the wickedness that lurks in all of us.
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Blackwood by Michael Farris Smith is a highly praised entry in the Southern Noir genre, offering a gripping and menacing tale set in a small Mississippi town where strangers trigger unease and malevolence. Critics admire Smith's ability to depict the struggles of America's dispossessed with haunting and compelling narratives. The novel's exploration of human darkness and redemption is seen as a fresh contribution to the Southern gothic tradition.
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ISBN: 9780857304063
Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 December 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: No Exit Press
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 256
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About the Author
Michael Farris Smith is the award-winning author of Salvage This World, NICK, Blackwood, The Fighter, Desperation Road, Rivers, and The Hands of Strangers. His novels have appeared on Best of the Year lists with Esquire, NPR, Southern Living, Garden & Gun, Book Riot and numerous other outlets, and have been named Indie Next, Barnes & Noble Discover, and Amazon Best of the Month selections.
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