Love in a Dry Season

by Shelby Foote Narrated by Tom Parker

Overview

Shelby Foote's magnificently orchestrated novel anticipates much of the subject matter of his monumental Civil War trilogy, rendering the clash between North and South with a violence all the more shocking for its intimacy. Love in a Dry Season describes an erotic and economic triangle, in which two wealthy and fantastically unhappy Mississippi families-the Barcrofts and the Carrutherses-are joined by an open-faced fortune hunter from the North, a man whose ruthlessness is matched only by his inability to understand the people he tries to exploit and his fatal incomprehension of the passions he so casually ignites. Combining a flawless sense of place with a Faulknerian command of the grotesque, Foote's novel turns a small cotton town into a sexual battleground as fatal as Vicksburg or Shiloh-and one where strategy is no match for instinct and tradition.

Editorial Reviews

APR/MAY 03 - AudioFile

In a series of clever plot twists, Shelby Foote weaves together the lives of Jeff and Amy Carruthers, Major Barcroft, his two repressed daughters, and ne’er-do-well gigolo Harley Drew. Drew romances plain, dull Amanda Barcroft. The Major, recognizing him as a fortune hunter, denies Amanda permission to marry. Next, Drew insinuates himself into Jeff and Amy’s life--and finds himself dangerously outmatched. With impeccable detail, Foote delves into the moral decay of the American moneyed class. Tom Parker’s performance lends an amused presence to Foote’s scenario. Parker precisely captures Jeff and Amy’s pretense of virtue, the Major’s disdain for those he considers below him, and the fading values of the next and future generations. Shelby Foote’s consummate writing skill and Parker’s grasp of innuendo make this collection of disagreeable characters palatable. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169899870
Publisher:	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date:	06/25/2005
Edition description:	Unabridged

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