But twenty-five years before, these two men's lives were intertwined in a way that will have long-term and long-delayed repercussions for each of them, as well as the community. Larry Ott is the town weirdo, known to locals as Scary Larry. Silas Jones is a black constable in the town. The group dynamics, the relations between the races, the everyday language of his characters all seem spot on to me.įranklin's is a Southern Gothic mystery built around two characters, one black and one white. I grew up in a similar community in northeast Mississippi and I do recognize these people. I think that Franklin must have spent some time in such a place when growing up because he has got the description of it word perfect. Tom Franklin borrows from it to title his book set in the small southeastern Mississippi community of Chabot. "M-I-Crooked letter-Crooked letter-I- Crooked letter-Crooked letter-I-Humpback-Humpback-I" was the refrain used in a certain era to teach kids how to spell Mississippi.
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