Let the Dead Bury Their Dead

<p><strong>Nothing short of a wonder-book.--<em>New York Times Book Review </em></strong></p><p><strong>The story collection that hailed the arrival of an essential voice in southern literature</strong>--<strong>a sharp rich exploration of what it means to poor Black and gay in the United States.</strong></p><p>A three-year-old boy begins to deliver messages from dead relatives. A zombie uprising is led by an evil preacher. A woman is haunted by a child her husband may have drowned. A pig talks. The stories in <em>Let the Dead Bury Their Dead </em>embody the type of fiction that defined Randall Kenan's career: set in the thinly veiled fictional Carolina town of Tims Creek they follow a diverse cast of Southern folkways and stare into a long shadow of history. A stunning mix of magic myth and folktales Kenan masterfully portrays a world of varied voices and in wondrous prose brings to life the ghosts of our past and present.</p>