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' b
The reivers. A reminiscence. (Repr.)
โ Scribed by william-faulkner
- Book ID
- 100094627
- Publisher
- Middx Penguin Books
- Year
- 1962;1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 162 KB
- Edition
- New Ed
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780140029932
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โฆ Synopsis
Product Description
This grand misadventure is the story of three unlikely thieves, or reivers: 11-year-old Lucius Priest and two of his family's retainers. In 1905, these three set out from Mississippi for Memphis in a stolen motorcar. The astonishing and complicated results reveal Faulkner as a master of the picaresque.
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