Faulkner has taken a heck of a lot of time to give us an environment with a couple of characters and an adventure about to begin. At this point, those who like action and fast paced reading might have continued reading to find some satisfaction in the story. I must admit though that even I, a staunch convert to Faulkner, was finding myself reading a paragraph or two and putting the book down, unimpressed by story, character, prose.
But now that I'm over that hurdle of the first seventy pages, it seems that I am getting the feeling of the interaction between the two main characters of the boy, Lucius and Boon Hoggenbeck as they 'steal' the boy's grandfather's car for some enjoyment before they are bound to return it.
There are two main points made by this book, one being the relationship between Southern blacks and whites in the early part of the 20th century and the other being the nature of good and evil as the boy recognizes his own capacity for lying to go along with Boon's plan.
While I'm still not excited about Faulkner's narrative style in this particular novel, I do see where it was all leading and am looking forward to a more interesting story unfolding.
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