Why read The Bayou?

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Small-town Louisiana, 1935.When Eugene was twelve, a girl from town disappeared. Everyone said the gators must have got her when she strayed too near the bayou. No foul play, just a terrible accident. But Eugene can't shake the conviction that Mary Beth's death had something to do with the man…

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Set in 1930’s Louisiana, the environment is a character in and of itself—lush, suffocating, dreamlike. In fact, the entire book feels like an unsettling dream. The narrative of trauma and death swirls around Eugene, a reporter, and Johnny Walker, an enigmatic fugitive. Heed the content warnings before you dive into this book, it’s heavy, and Powell leaves very little off the page.

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