The Gospel Singer
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“Harry Crews is magnificently twisted and brutally funny.” - Carl Hiaasen
A Penguin Classic
Golden-haired, with the voice of an angel and a reputation as a healer, the Gospel Singer appeared on the cover of LIFE and brought thousands to their knees in Carnegie Hall. But for all his fame, he is a man in mortal torment that drives him back to his obscure and wretched hometown of Enigma, Georgia. But by the time his Cadillac pulls into Enigma, he discovers an old friend is being held at tenuous bay from a lynch mob. As Harry Crews’s first novel unfolds, the Gospel Singer is forced to give way to his torment, and in doing so he reveals to the believers who have gathered at his feet just how little he is God’s man, and how much he has contributed to the corruption of each of them.
Harry Crews
Harry Crews wrote novels, nonfiction books, and a memoir. His best known works are The Gospel Singer, The Gypsy’s Curse, A Feast of Snakes, The Knockout Artist, and Scar Lover. His work was gritty, and he often wrote about outsiders and grotesques living in the Deep South. Crews lived in Florida and died in 2012.
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