Tobacco road novel review6/2/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Lov refuses and rather cruelly begins eating raw turnips in front of Jeeter and his starving mother, wife, and daughter. When Lov tries to convince Pearl’s father Jeeter Lester to talk with her, Jeeter makes his help conditional on getting some of those turnips. But even that discussion quickly turns to turnips. Well, and the fact that the forty-something Lov couldn’t get his 12-year old wife Pearl to share his bed with him. The first five chapters seemed to be about nothing but God and a bag of turnips. (I also immediately thought of the amazing song Tobacco Road by Lou Rawls.) Needing something for that day’s commute, I took a chance.Īs I listened I wasn’t sure what to make of the book. When I was browsing Audible recently looking for books to listen to on my commute I stumbled across Tobacco Road and vaguely remembered it was on the Modern Library list of Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century. But that wouldn’t adequately convey what an amazing book it is. ![]() I could just leave this review of Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell blank and refer you back to the blog post headline. ![]()
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