The Vine That Ate the South
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Published
Two Dollar Radio, 2017.
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English
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9781937512569

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J. D. Wilkes., & J. D. Wilkes|AUTHOR. (2017). The Vine That Ate the South . Two Dollar Radio.

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J. D. Wilkes and J. D. Wilkes|AUTHOR. 2017. The Vine That Ate the South. Two Dollar Radio.

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J. D. Wilkes and J. D. Wilkes|AUTHOR. The Vine That Ate the South Two Dollar Radio, 2017.

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J. D. Wilkes, and J. D. Wilkes|AUTHOR. The Vine That Ate the South Two Dollar Radio, 2017.

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    [synopsis] => Wilkes' debut is a rich and heartfelt yarn that resonates as deeply as his music." -Kirkus Reviews
With the energy, wit, and singularity of vision that have earned him a reputation as a celebrated and charismatic musician, The Vine That Ate the South announces J.D. Wilkes as an accomplished storyteller on a surreal, Homeric voyage that strikes at the very heart of American mythology.
In a forgotten corner of western Kentucky lies a haunted forest referred to locally as "The Deadening," where vampire cults roam wild and time is immaterial. Our protagonist and his accomplice-the one and only, Carver Canute-set out down the Old Spur Line in search of the legendary Kudzu House, where an old couple is purported to have been swallowed whole by a hungry vine. Their quest leads them face to face with albino panthers, Great Dane-riding girls, protective property owners, and just about every American folk-demon ever, while forcing the protagonist to finally take stock of his relationship with his father and the man's mysterious disappearance.
The Vine That Ate the South is a mesmerizing fantasia where Wilkes ambitiously grapples with the contradictions of the contemporary American South while subversively considering how well we know our own family and friends.
"It's a relentlessly fun novel, the literary equivalent of a country-punk album that grabs you and refuses to let go. Wilkes has a perfect ear for the dialect of Kentucky, and his writing is so bright, you can almost see every abandoned shack, every kudzu-covered tree. Sure, it's bizarre, and at points almost gleefully obscene, but it's undeniably one of the smartest, most original Southern Gothic novels to come along in years." -NPR
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