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Motley13

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2. 'The Vine That Ate The South'

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Jun 14, 2017, 05:27 PM

Jun 2017

maybe

In The Vine That Ate the South, the bizarre, rollicking debut novel from rockabilly and blues singer J.D. Wilkes, kudzu is more than just annoying. The book opens with what the narrator says is a western Kentucky folk tale, about an elderly married couple whose corpses were devoured by the persistent weed. Their skeletons, according to legend, still hang in the possibly-haunted woods called "The Deadening."

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Looking for a mystery book where bad guy was hiding in a house covered by kudzu. [View all] raccoon Jun 2017 OP

The Vine That Ate The South SamKnause Jun 2017 #1

'The Vine That Ate The South' Motley13 Jun 2017 #2

Kudzu Knights? I haven't read it luvMIdog Jun 2017 #3