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Here is the spot to launch our discussion of the most noted work of Lewis Nordan.

What do you do when you come from a place that's beautiful, friendly, and magical, and evil to its core?

What do you do when you can't winnow the bad from the good? What do you do when the place that made you is the best and worst place you can imagine?

You write that murdered boys are redemptive mermaids, that love roams without a rhyme or reason, and that all your dreams and hopes profit you nothing against the reality of who you are. You write absurdity into tragedy.

You write about how much you love the Delta, and how badly you want to leave it. And that's pretty much as close to the truth as you can get.

Randall wrote: "What do you do when you come from a place that's beautiful, friendly, and magical, and evil to its core?

What do you do when you can't winnow the bad from the good? What do you do when the place..."

Randall, I don't think you could have put it more perfectly. I felt as though Buddy Nordan were telling me about writing this novel. It literally gave me chills. This is my third read of Wolf Whistle. It captures me as completely as it did when I stumbled upon it. Nordan has captivated me ever since that serendipitous discovery.

I am on reread number two of Wolf Whistle and Nordan is a really sneaky writer - welcome to the world of the macabre, the grotesque and the wonderfully ridiculous! Why do I call him sneaky ? Because scenes from these two novels I have read keep coming back into my mind; appearing when least expected or wanted and sometimes the scenes make me laugh, sometimes the characters frighten me and sometimes they make me sad what a rare gift! You cannot forget this world, it remains a part of you long after you have turned the last page.

Jane wrote: "I am on reread number two of Wolf Whistle and Nordan is a really sneaky writer - welcome to the world of the macabre, the grotesque and the wonderfully ridiculous! Why do I call him sneaky ? Becaus..."

Jane, I completely agree with you. Nordan has that uncanny knack of luring you into the surrealistic world of the Mississippi Delta. And, in this one, there is a growing sense of menace. Of course, having read so much regarding the Till case, the outcome is obvious. However, Nordan's skillful fictional telling is a particular stunner. On this re-read, I marvel on just how Nordan crafts the building tension leading to Bobo's fate.

Have you begun The Voice at the Back Door? Remarkable how our group reads complement one another this month. Kudos to our nominators and our voters!

Yes ,I am reading them at the same time what I like about The Voice at the Back Dooris how she tells you only one part of any event and then comes back and tells it again more fully , it also made the novel a slower read for me.

In Chapter 8, I was chilled to the bone to read Solon's comments to Bobo in the car, even giving him a handkerchief to use on his bloody forehead. Talking to him like a friend and knowing what he was going to do to him. And no words from Bobo at all, who must have been terrified. The insanity of the whole situation was very real and very unbelievable at the same time.

I felt the same Diane, Nordan has this way of getting into the characters' heads to look for possible answers ,from "What do the cotton fields say" in chapter 7.
I also like they way Nordan s dialogue reflects the character so well ,""that boy ain t even been listening ,I knowed he was awful quiet I ought to have been one remarked on the rudeness of him letting me do all the talking." ..............