The Feud
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Book Overview
Berger chronicles small-town America of the 1930s in his narrative of the feud between the Beelers of Hornbeck and the Bullards of Milville. A major film based on The Feud is to be released in the... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0440028337
ISBN13:9780440028338
Release Date:January 1983
Publisher:Delacorte Press
Length:265 Pages
Weight:1.06 lbs.
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
Carefully-Observed Insanity For Connoisseurs
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
This book is a cruel masterpiece of cynical and nasty slapstick humor. The protagonists, the Bullards and the Beelers, are both families of barely sentient wit who behave in ways that are competely understandable, completely human, and completely stupid. Berger's writing and plotting, though, are first-rate-- I laughed out loud throughout this thing, and I've read it three times over the last 25 years (time to read it again). You've met people like this before in the works of Flannery O'Connor, Faulkner, Charles Portis, and Erskine Caldwell, but Berger's light touch makes "The Feud" a real find.
Rare find- great book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
I picked this book up in the bargain rack at a mall bookstore in South Carolina while on a road trip in college. It is still one of my favorite books of all time. I read everything else Berger ever wrote because of this novel. It will make you laugh out loud. The characters are great and the plot is hilarious. As for the previous reviewer- it was made into a movie- a low buget comedy filmed in North Carolina in the late 80's. It went straight to video. Berger is a wicked writer.
One of my favorite Berger novels
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Memorable characters, a fun story, and insidiously amusing throughout. I can't believe someone hasn't made a movie of this great book.
one of the best ever
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
A great book. Hilarious. Offensive. Subversive. It is like "Mayberry on Acid". Coincedences and misunderstandings abound in Berger's best.
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