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  • The Vine That Ate the South

  • Written by: J. D. Wilkes
  • Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
  • Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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The Vine That Ate the South

Written by: J. D. Wilkes
Narrated by: T. Ryder Smith
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With the energy, wit, and singularity of vision that have earned him a reputation as a celebrated and charismatic musician, The Vine That Ate the South announces J.D. Wilkes as an accomplished storyteller on a surreal, Homeric voyage that strikes at the very heart of American mythology.

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.

©2017 J.D. Wilkes (P)2017 Recorded Books
Adventure Classics Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Science Fiction Dogs Cult Southern Folklore
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Every line is written and spoken with such power it's like a book of poetry.

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