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Title: Excellent first effort
Review: Ron Rash is one of SOUTH CAROLINA's finest poets and has now proven that he is one of its finest young novelists as well. This first effort brings to gripping life the South Carolina upcountry of the post-WWII years. His descriptions of the once pristine Jocassee Valley and now-lost parts of Oconee County are are as tangible and poetic as Conroy at the top of his game. You will become entangled in the dramatic lives of his simple, mountain folk who are at the crossroads of a world that is changing much too fast.While I love his verse, I can't wait for Rash's next prose effort. If this novel is a harbinger, we have a great new novelist in our midst.
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