Summer Kipper

Summer Kipper

Friday, May 24, 2013

Kipper’s Book Club: The Reivers (1962) by William Faulkner



A nice story about a mischievous young fella stealing a car and taking a rollicking road trip—what’s not to like? Well, how about all the unnecessary prejudice against Canines? Apparently, a dog is “a parasite . . . a sycophant . . . . He will debase and violate his own dignity for your amusement.” It sounds like Old Man Faulkner’s been at the moonshine again—which is neither very dignified nor very amusing. No Pup-litzer for you, Billy Boy!


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