The Reivers - William Faulkner

William Faulkner

Category: Adventure

Narrator: John H. Mayer

Tags: Adventure, Humor, Classic, Adults

Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group Release date: December 18, 2007 Duration: 11:22:22, This is a grandfathers story., One of Faulkners comic masterpieces, The Reivers is a picaresque that tells of three unlikely car thieves from rural Mississippi., The story centers on a car. Its 1905 and cars are little more than a novelty. Lucius Priests Grandfather owns one. Eleven-year-old Lucius is persuaded by Boon Hogganbeck, one of his familys retainers, to steal his grandfathers car and make a trip to Memphis when all the adults in the family leave town by train for a funeral. Lucius, the needed voice of reason, has difficulty fighting the lure of the road. Hes tortured by his behavior but at each step, hes committed to moving further on in the plan., The Priests black coachman, Ned McCaslin, stows away, and the three of them are off on a heroic odyssey, for which thy are all ill-equipped, that ends at Miss Rebas bordello in Memphis. From there a series of wild misadventure