![]() ![]() Anyone who dares to contradict the bigoted code that the citizens live by is tolerated even less. Everyone knows everyone, and their tolerance for outsiders is low. He paints both Old Ox and the time period with poetic, vivid strokes, quickly establishing that – though the war may be over – the confederate ideology of this small, small-minded town is not. The Sweetness Of Water – which has just been chosen for Oprah’s book club – is Nathan Harris’ debut novel, but you’d never know it from the assuredness of his prose. ![]() Then Landry sees something that he shouldn’t have, and disaster strikes. He offers the two a fair-paying job on his land, and they accept. Luckily, they run into George, a kind – if eccentric – older white man, who doesn’t share the racist views of his neighbours. Brothers Prentiss and Landry, recently freed slaves, are looking for work – not an easy task in the heart of the confederacy, and with thousands of others doing the same thing. We arrive in the fictional town of Old Ox, Georgia, just after the Civil War has ended. ![]()
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