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by Barry Hannah
About 3 pages (930 words)
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Hannah's penchant for exaggerated and sometimes grotesque characters coupled with his identity as a Southern writer have lead to almost inevitable comparisons with Faulkner, Eudora Welty, and Flannery O'Connor. Ray, for instance, observes that "This was a friendly city, Tuscaloosa, though there were sirens to be.....

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Ray from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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