![]() ![]() The year 1969 is a heady one, of course, with the Summer of Love still fresh in memory, but Altamont on the way and Vietnam all around. ![]() ![]() Along the way, new neighbors appear, drugs make their way into the idyllic landscape and two new orphans turn up “behind the cathedral on Broad Street.” The combination of all these disparate elements bears the unmistakable makings of a spirit-shaping saga. It is on Bloomsday (June 16) 1969 that 18-year-old Leo learns his mother had once been a nun. The Greeks knew that, and so does young Leopold Bloom King. This one starts most promisingly: “Nothing happens by accident.” Indeed. The title refers, meaningfully, to a section of Charleston, S.C., and, as with so many Southern tales, one great story begets another and another. First novel in 14 years from the gifted spinner of Southern tales ( Beach Music, 1995, etc.)-a tail-wagging shaggy dog at turns mock-epic and gothic, beautifully written throughout. ![]()
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