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May 1, 2013 · In the tradition of Cormac McCarthy and Flannery O’Connor, Bill Cheng’s Southern Cross the Dog is an epic literary debut in which the bonds between three childhood friends are upended by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.
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Southern Cross the Dog follows Robert Lee Chatham as he barely survives the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 as a child and then struggles as a young black man in the racist South. Along the way he encounters a tragic brothel owner, a blues pianist with dark powers, and white fur trappers who hold him hostage.
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Feb 4, 2014 · In the tradition of Cormac McCarthy and Flannery O’Connor, Bill Cheng’s Southern Cross the Dog is an epic literary debut in which the bonds between three childhood friends are upended by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.
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May 22, 2013 · Bill Cheng’s first novel, “Southern Cross the Dog,” is dedicated to a long list of his favorite bluesmen, from Son House and Pinetop Perkins to Muddy Waters and Blind Willie McTell.
May 8, 2013 · “Southern Cross the Dog,” a debut novel released this week by Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins, is the story of Robert Chatham, a young African-American man who, displaced by the flood, sets off...
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May 7, 2013 · In the tradition of Cormac McCarthy and Flannery O’Connor, Bill Cheng’s Southern Cross the Dog is an epic literary debut in which the bonds between three childhood friends are upended by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. In its aftermath, one young man must choose between the lure of the future and the claims of the past.
May 7, 2013 · Southern Cross The Dog is a bit of a dog's breakfast. It all starts so well. A music mogul, Mr Duke, rescuing a black pianist, Eli Cutter, from a Mississippi jail where he is serving time for murder.
- Bill Cheng
