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The vine that ate the South : a novel / written & illustrated by J.D. Wilkes.

by Wilkes, Joshua D., 1972-

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Two Dollar Radio, 2017.

Fathers and sons -- Fiction.

Vampires -- Fiction.

Haunted places -- Fiction.

Kentucky -- Fiction.

Southern States -- Fiction.

9781937512552 (trade pbk.)

212 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

"In a forgotten corner of western Kentucky lies a haunted forest referred to locally as 'The Deadening,' where vampire cults roam wild and time is immaterial. Our protagonist and his accomplice--the one and only, Carver Canute--set out down the Old Spur Line in search of the legendary Kudzu House, where an old couple is purported to have been swallowed whole by a hungry vine. Their quest leads them face to face with albino panthers, Great Dane-riding girls, protective property owners, and just about every American folk-demon ever, while forcing the protagonist to finally take stock of his relationship with his father and the man's mysterious disappearance. The Vine That Ate the South is a mesmerizing fantasia where Wilkes ambitiously grapples with the contradictions of the contemporary American South while subversively considering how well we know our own family and friends."--From publisher.

Literary fiction.

Magic realism (Literature)

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