Ballad of the Confessor edition by William Zink Literature Fiction eBooks
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Set in the sultry underbelly of Charleston, South Carolina, this workingman's tale introduces Lorne, an overqualified grunt at the local nursery. College educated, he labors in the shadows of Charleston's pastel mansions, dreaming of a way out. The strain caused by his entrapment pushes Lorne toward fits of despair and excruciating loneliness. His only refuge is his free-wheeling, somewhat depraved imagination-he fantasizes instead of imploding. Whether cruising the beaches on the back of his friend's motorcycle or confiding in his only true friend, Reggie, as they discuss life's unpredictable hand, Lorne clings to a belief in his own survival and finds meaning in the most unexpected places.
Ballad of the Confessor edition by William Zink Literature Fiction eBooks
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Ballad of the Confessor edition by William Zink Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
The writing was strong, but the plot didn't grab me. I thought the characters were well-rounded and engaging. They seemed quite realistic.
William Zink's latest novel, Ballad of the Confessor, offers a powerful, sometimes gritty, sometimes poetic view of the often overlooked American working class. Set in the heat of Charleston, SC, among the guarded, trapped, struggling lives of landscape laborers, the book simmers as Zink reveals his (almost) nameless protagonist's life through a series of elliptical encounters, trials, and frustrations. It's a novel fraught with intensity and emotional weight Zink's characters struggle to make their lives better despite the cycle of their own bad decisions, as well as the economic and social decks that are stacked against them. His treatment is never pat or heavy-handed, and one understands that Zink genuinely believes in his working class outsiders and their hope for something more for their lives. So should we all. Simply put, Zink's is a bold new voice in American fiction.
Ballad of the Confessor is deeply atmospheric Charleston's steamy heat is vividly matched by our narrator's humid inner thoughts. A grunt, bone achingly tired from moving trees and mulch at a nursery, and trapped in his dissatisfaction with life, work and love, Lorne can't stop his overwrought mind from taking flight. Will his intense interior life prove his salvation or the pathway to craziness?
I devoured Zink's gritty prose in an afternoon. Having spent much time in Charleston and South Carolina, I found his descriptions perfectly pitched, from the Gullah weavers along the side of the road, to the late night shrimpers, and the fishermen whiling away hours with stories. Raised in a Midwestern factory town, I found his depictions of the working poor equally convincing and evocative. Lorne's is not an easy world, filled with moments of terrible physical and psychic turmoil. His story is redeemed by glimpses of beauty and the hope of a troubled romantic.
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