THE BAREFOOT MAN

by Davis Grubb ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 12, 1971

Back to the West Virginia coal country of Fools' Parade (1969) and this time it's a strike-bound town with hunger and despair and sperrit writ on every piece of scrip. This along with the sentimentality (""Where does it end?"" ""It's bigger than that"") and sensuality (embarrassing) is the kind of hard-hollering melodrama one expects from Mr. Grubb. In the background stalks the ""haunt"" of the barefoot man, perhaps a scab; over it all presides old Mother Dunne, an indomitable woman; and when her son and the wife-with-child of one lack Farjeon are killed, must the vengeance and violence be continued? Would that Mr. Grubb were not such a slack and spendthrift writer: ""Welter of grief""; ""tough grip of grief""; ""sobbed""; ""cried""; ""wet with tears""; ""crying""; ""tear-stained""; and ""soft-drowning voice"" splotch a single page.

Pub Date: April 12, 1971

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1971

Categories: FICTION