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Title	:	The Reivers
Author	:	William Faulkner
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Vintage International Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 305 pages
Published	:	September 1st 1992 by Vintage International (first published 1962)
Categories	:	Fiction. Classics

The Reivers

William Faulkner

Paperback | Pages: 305 pages

Rating: 3.79 | 6390 Users | 412 Reviews

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One of Faulkner's comic masterpieces, The Reivers is a picaresque that tells of three unlikely car thieves from rural Mississippi. Eleven-year-old Lucius Priest is persuaded by Boon Hogganbeck, one of his family's retainers, to steal his grandfather's car and make a trip to Memphis. The Priests' black coachman, Ned McCaslin, stows away, and the three of them are off on a heroic odyssey, for which they are all ill-equipped, that ends at Miss Reba's bordello in Memphis. From there a series of wild misadventures ensues--invoving horse smuggling, trainmen, sheriffs' deputies, and jail.

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Original Title:	The Reivers
ISBN:	0679741925 (ISBN13: 9780679741923)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Lucius Priest, Boon Hogganbeck, Ned McCaslin, Miss Corrie, Miss Reba
Setting:	Memphis, Tennessee(United States) Tennessee(United States) Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi(United States)
Literary Awards:	Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1963)

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Some initial thoughts---the often matter-of-fact relations between black and white in trying situations, when they (in this case men) sit together and actually talk some things out. Not equal but as co-conspirators on this earth. Women--sacred or profane, little seen or altogether too much present. I want to read so much more and see more Faulkner women.The young---of body (Lucius) or mind (Boon) certainly led us on a wonderful chase but without the wiles of Ned (the fool?) there would have been

(Note: I have been making my way through the 1962 list of My Big Fat Reading Project for too long. At the beginning of the year, I committed myself to reading at least one a week from the list. So I hope my readers here are not bored by so many old books. Some of them are still worth reading if you never have read them before.) The Reivers was the #10 bestseller in 1962 and Faulkner's final novel. In fact, he died that year. I wasn't too excited about reading it. I have read most of his novels

An old man is reciting the unusual yet true story to his own grandson, named after him of long ago when he was eleven, Lucius Priest a comfortable but uninspired life he led, in the small town of Jefferson, northern Mississippi with his parents and three younger brothers, the year 1905. His father makes him work at the family's livery stable every Saturday, for 10 cents a day to know the benefits of employment. But the dullness will soon evaporate, Boon Hogganbeck all six foot 4 inches tall,

I find it interesting so many people found this book incomprehensible. This easily the *most* comprehensible of any of Faulkner's writings. It's also the most likable, the most charming, and the only one of his books I can say I honestly enjoyed all the way through. It's not as self-conscious, artsy, or convoluted as most of his other works, and because of that very thing, I'd say it offers more depth than even his "deep" books. Here, we actually find a cast of primarily likable characters whose

The former rector of our church recently died. She was a longtime William Faulkner lover and just couldn't stand the thought that she had read all his books. So she saved this one--his last, written in 1962 and a winner of the Pulitzer Prize--to read (or have read to her) on her deathbed, whenever that day came. Tragically, she died suddenly of a heart attack and never got to read it. A few of us at our church are reading it "for her." And she would have loved this book! So will you, especially

An imagined meeting between William Faulkner and Random House marketing executive James Inge:James Inge: Bertie! Great to see you my man. Congratulations on finishing up your big trilogy. Boy, those Snopeses, am I right? Pull up a seat.William Faulkner: Hello James, thanks. I want to talk with you about my next book. There's something that's been bothering me. JI: Is it the pressure of history, the force of a host of ancestors or past decisions like vengeful furies breaking into the present and

The automobile has come to the deep South and it causes the menfolk to lose their heads momentarily. They take a trip into the big city of Memphis, visit a whorehouse and get themselves neck deep in trouble. Somewhat ironically, because of a car, a horserace breaks out. In the midst of it all is our narrator, an 11-yer-old boy. There were times when Faulkner's usually enjoyable molasses-slow writing style combined in an unpleasant way with repetition, creating a bit of a bore of a book. I might