Not sure how to classify this one...Western, although it doesn't take place in the West; horror; Southern gothic?? This was one weird book about a man named Smonk who terrorizes a small town in Alabama called Old Texas. Smonk has only one eye, a goiter, syphilis, and consumption, yet he is able to kill all the men in the small southern town. The book is also about Evavangelina, a young girl who is often mistaken for a boy who also makes her living as a hooker. The book is filled with vileness including myriad killings of men, women, children, and animals, and countless sex acts including child abuse and incest. And then the real weirdness kicks in. What is really happening in the small Alabama town and how does it relate to Smonk and Evavangelina?
I was very mixed on this one with its weird storyline. The prose also left me somewhat perplexed at times with run-on thoughts and phrases. I sometimes had to reread paragraphs for a better understanding. I think the novel was supposed to be humorous but I really didn't find it so. Overall, I would recommend reading with caution!
I was very mixed on this one with its weird storyline. The prose also left me somewhat perplexed at times with run-on thoughts and phrases. I sometimes had to reread paragraphs for a better understanding. I think the novel was supposed to be humorous but I really didn't find it so. Overall, I would recommend reading with caution!
