Last of the Dixie Heroes

by Peter Abrahams

Book Overview

Roy Hill married the girl of his dreams, dotes on his eleven-year-old son, and is next in line for a big promotion in the Atlanta office of a global corporation. Then, almost imperceptibly, it all... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345439376
• ISBN13: 9780345439376
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 289 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Misunderstood Novel

This is certainly not a typical Abrahams suspense novel. I feel it is more of a mainsteam novel with strong satirical and historical overtones. It addresses rifts in our country that have never healed, and how gaming gets out of hand. I found the novel highly charged and highly symbolic, and quite underrated. If you're looking for suspense, read another of Abraham's novels; if you're looking for a a thoughtful and subtle read which works through suggestion, this just might be your cup of campfire coffee.

To fast an ending

This book was a great read at first, and very interesting,was hard to put down. but the last part of the book started draging then just ended all of a sudden leaving me to wonder,,what the hell just happened!!

South never quit rising

If you love history and understand what the War between the States was really about, then you will love the Last of the Dixie Heroes. Peter Abrahams takes a simple idea and gives us a little mystery in why Southerns had it right. Finally, someone has the ability to put into words the meaning of Dixie and to the people who still hold to the culture of what America could of been. The book reveals the truth that War between the States was not about slavery or even Northern aggression, but about those who fought for a way of life.

Fascinating

In Atlanta, Roy Hill believes he is living the American dream. He married the girl he loves and cherishes his eleven-year-old son Rhett. He is rapidly moving to the top at Chermerica Corporation.However, Roy's dream quickly turns into a nightmare. His wife leaves him for someone else and his son is turning violent and angry because a bully threatens him. To make matters even worse, Roy loses his job due to a merger of his company with another. His job becomes redundant.Depressed, Roy joins his friend Gordo at a Civil War reenactment scene. He begins to spend his weekends at the reenactment sites because he believes that 1863, the only date in these Confederate reenactments, is a nicer period than his "real" life. Roy's preference for the past soon leads to real bullets and perhaps a second battle for Atlanta with no General Sherman around.LAST OF THE DIXIE HEROES is an exciting psychological thriller of an individual whose life is spinning so out of control he chooses to live it in the past of his great-grandfather. The story line is fast-paced and surprisingly, Peter Abrahams has created a story with less gore than usual. The spellbinding Peter with his descent into insanity makes the tale work in spite of major shortcomings of several of the secondary cast members. Mr. Abrahams shows much growth as a writer since A PERFECT CRIME.Harriet Klausner