this story commonly displays the common curiosty in youth with religion and somehow how Man welcomes Evil in some form or another(as of the snake in the end) when Richard gradually excepts it as a common thing to be accepted by his peers it's nostaglic, dark gothic style illustrates the confusion of a deeply religious boy in a world of evil

I found the way David Madden portrayed the life of James Agee to be quite extraordinary. He really did a great job of mentioning and explaining all the life changing events that happend in Agee's life. This book was a great help for me to write my report on James Agee. I really learned a lot about a wonderful novelist. Not only was he a novelist but a poet, journalist, film critic, and social activist. This book revealed everything about him and made understanding him a lot easier for me.

I need to have this book for my class.