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Poseidon Press (1992), Edition: 1st, 284 pages
Description
Scar Lover is a miraculous, true-to-the-bone story of love and redemption, at once a classic southern novel and purely, unmistakably, Harry Crews.Running from a past that has scarred and blamed him, and a tragic accident that has destroyed his family, Pete Butcher avoids all personal contact. Then Sarah Leemer, the oddly beautiful girl next door, walks into his life. Slowly, sweetly, and with a determination almost Faulknerian in its ferocity, Sarah pulls Pete back into life and into the ever increasing complications of love, family, death, and deliverance. For Sarah has made Pete her own, and as she takes her claim, we see the miraculous power of love without boundaries or fear.
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LibraryThing member andyray
This is the book that the critics picked to say Harry Crews had discovered "love" in his work.
LibraryThing member mrgan
A really goofy outing by Crews—full of good lines and scenes, but just a bit too quirky overall to add up to a solid novel. If it's the only book of his you read, try again; his style here is markedly different.
LibraryThing member Eye_Gee
I've heard a lot about Harry Crews -- he sounds like something of a cult writer, not well known but passionately loved by his fans. This is the first book of his that I've read. I can see what the fuss is about, although this book didn't quite do it for me. I'm going to have to try another. There
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was a lot I loved about Scar Lover but it felt incomplete somehow. The story and the characters. We'll see if this is part of Harry Crews style or an idiosyncracy of this particular book. Show Less
LibraryThing member zmagic69
What in the world is this book supposed to be about?
When is it supposed to take place?
Hunter S Thompson’s worst drunk and drug infused ramblings are pure straight speaking English compared to this book.
This book is definitely one of the worst I ever read.
I should have known when it was compared
I read A Feast Of Snakes By this author and loved it. This book was just a mess from the beginning.
When is it supposed to take place?
Hunter S Thompson’s worst drunk and drug infused ramblings are pure straight speaking English compared to this book.
This book is definitely one of the worst I ever read.
I should have known when it was compared
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to Faulkner another unreadable author but considered a writer of classic literature.I read A Feast Of Snakes By this author and loved it. This book was just a mess from the beginning.
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LibraryThing member BibliophageOnCoffee
The most deranged love story I've ever read.
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English