In this Book
- The Hard to Catch Mercy: A Novel
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: University of South Carolina Press
From lowcountry writer William Baldwin comes a new edition of his 1993 Lillian Smith Award-winning novel, The Hard to Catch Mercy. Including a new introduction by the author, this Southern Revivals edition makes available once more a story that touches on the issues of religion, race, and coming-of-age in the post-Civil War South, when the lines between these issues were not always clear. Set in fictional Cedar Point, a small southern community in the early 1900s, The Hard to Catch Mercy is told through the eyes of a young boy, Willie T., who is forced to confront the changing world around him. Including a cast of incredibly outlandish characters, Baldwin's novel is a wild, darkly comic tale rich with trick mules, Christian voodoo, fire, brimstone, first love, death, and the end of the world as Willie T. knows it.
Table of Contents
- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-iv
- Series Editor’s Preface
- pp. v-viii
- Introduction
- pp. ix-xii
- Ruth and Naomi
- pp. 1-8
- The First Days
- pp. 9-42
- Mr. Friendly’s Christmas
- pp. 73-102
- The Hat Shop
- pp. 103-130
- Mr. Friendly’s Easter
- pp. 131-148
- The Prodigal Son
- pp. 149-170
- The Biscuit Thief
- pp. 171-196
- The Prodigal Daughter
- pp. 197-222
- The Grapes of Wrath
- pp. 223-248
- The Red Dragon
- pp. 249-272
- The Sin of David
- pp. 273-296
- Liza’s Wedding
- pp. 297-314
- Liza’s Honeymoon
- pp. 315-336