Save Me, Joe Louis: A Novel (Contemporary American Fiction)

By Madison Smartt Bell

Book Overview

From the bestselling author of Soldier's Joy and Waiting for the End of the World comes a novel about the perils of living an unexamined life that "scratches the underbelly of America's dispossessed" (The Detroit News), as two men living on the fringes of society come to grips with who they are and their chances for survival.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140236333
• ISBN13: 9780140236330
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.0" x 1.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Absorbing and moody--a really good read.

In Save Me, Joe Louis, Madison Smartt Bell has a way with putting his reader right in the middle of things. Whether the protagonist Macrae is sitting in seedy NYC bar or on a creaky porch down South, he gives you such wonderful, rich detail that you never for a moment doubt what's going on and, truly, can see it all as if you were there, too. It is emotional without being too sentimental (or sappy). It doesn't have a neat and tidy ending, yet you close the book feeling satisfied. I highly recommend this--I was impressed. I plan to read more of his work ASAP.

Stunning...as finely tuned as you'll ever read.

This is the saga of Charlie and Macrae, two fringe dwellers thrown together by chance. As their story unfolds, their forays into petty crime escalate into horrific violence and madness. Bell is one of the best writers around. Pick up "Save Me, Joe Louis" and get hooked