Search - Gone South

McCammon is one of my favorite authors. His characters are wonderful and you feel that you know them and care about them. Southern gothic is a good description.

It's hard to describe this one. The cover calls it 'part crime novel, part quest...' which is accurate as far as it goes, but that doesn't even begin cover the curling and twining of the plot lines. The tale is riveting.
From back cover: Flooded by memories, poisoned by Agent Orange, and desperate for work, Dan Lambert kills a man in a moment of fear and fury---and changes his life forever. Pursued by police and bounty hunters, Dan flees south toward the Louisiana bayous...
Heading into the swampland he meets Arden Halliday, a young woman who bears the vivid burdens of her own past, and is searching for a legendary faith healer called the Bright Girl. Looking for simple kindness in a world that rarely shows it, bound by a loyalty stronger than love, Dan and Arden set off on a journey of relentless suspense and impassioned discovery... over dark, twisting waterways into the mysterious depths of the human heart.

A book with good movement and suspense. Main character is a Vietnam vet who gets into a bizarre world of a siamese twins bounty hunter, Louisianans who don't claim America. A good, weird read.

I really enjoyed this book. It kept me guessing until the end. Wonderful read.

McCammon does write some of the oddest characters, but because he writes them with respect they have depth they wouldn't in another writer's hands. Good read. Southern Gothic really does just about define this style.

Psychological terror/horror. The best. Nobody does it like McCammon.