A Feast of Snakes Summary
Harry Crews

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A Feast of Snakes Summary

"A Feast of Snakes" by Harry Crews is a story about Joe Lon Mackey, a young man who is watching his life slip past his fingers. As a high school football player, Joe Lon excelled at everything he touched. However, upon graduation, it was revealed that he could not read. His girlfriend, Berenice Sweet, goes off to college, and Joe Lon is left to run his father's liquor store. He gets...

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Harry Crews Biographies (3)

Harry (Eugene) Crews

3,103 words, approx. 11 pages

Harry Crews is the author of ten books--eight novels (the first published in 1968), an autobiography, and a collection of magazine nonfiction pieces. He is one of the most original, prolific, uneven, ... Read more

Harry (Eugene) Crews

7,349 words, approx. 25 pages

Harry Crews has primarily written novels -- his thirteenth was published in 1992 -- though he has also authored a highly acclaimed autobiography and many essays. One of the most original and provocat... Read more

Harry (Eugene) Crews

4,592 words, approx. 16 pages

Though best known for his often-bizarre Southern fiction populated by an array of deformed, grotesque characters, Harry Crews has, between novels, turned to journalism, producing essays filled with an... Read more

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