Euchrid Eucrow, the mute son of a vile drunken mother and a hillbilly father, has fallen into quick-mud and is slowly sinking. Faced with his certain death, he tells us of his birth, the death of his twin brother and the fanatically religious Ukulite townsfolk who have banished him to the outskirts of the Ukulore Valley. Euchrid knows what happened to Cosey Mo, the prostitute on Hoopers Hill, which results in his mad angelic obsession with her daughter Beth who has been nursed and raised by the women of the valley.
Partly written in Euchrid’s southern drawl, this striking novel is like many of Nick Cave’s songs ~ darkly beautiful.
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