Twilight

William Gay · ★★★★

I'm so glad I started my introduction to William Gay with Provinces of Night. Not that this one is bad - far from it - but it has much more genre centered interests. With moments of shockingly beautiful prose, Gay narrates a dark, gothic thriller here and the enlightenment on offer is, in my opinion, capped by its fantasy. How much meaning can one wrest from a sordid tale of an evil man pursuing a good boy through Tennessee wilderness? The plot construct is far too removed from anything relatable to easily convey a higher order of meaning. Still, the cast of characters is fantastic, and Gay puts together a violent and exciting book, a genuine page turner, with plot lines that fall neatly in order by the last page. This is a good book. Not the most original but originally written. It is also interesting, historically, to see how he debuted considering what he wrote later.