The Gentrifiers Are in Pursuit

The Gentrifiers Are in Pursuit of Rafer Barnstable born according to any account he ever heard in Haint Holler by Hellfire Creek in "Bloody" Harbison County in 1932 now come the real estaters and their minion políticos and it is no more Haint Holler no more Hellfire Creek but Sweetwater Brook in Castle Glen yonder in "Sunny" Harbison it is like that all over Snakeden shed its name to become Laurel Dell and Frying Pan Gap is now Crown Summit and Rafer lives in trepidation he'll wake up tomorrow as Sir Cholmondeley ffyfe-Gordon, Bart they are gentrifying the Bible too no more Sodom and Gomorrah but Gay Land Meadows and Happytyme Acres and Senator Fairchild plans to redevelop Hell as a theme park celebrating Redevelopment as soon as he gets his hands on the money —Fred Chappell 42 ...