The sound and the fury

by William Faulkner

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1929

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Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, USA

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The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels (The Reader's List, 33)

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Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0679600175, Hardcover)

First published in 1929, Faulkner created his "heart's darling," the beautiful and tragic Caddy Compson, whose story Faulkner told through separate monologues by her three brothers--the idiot Benjy, the neurotic suicidal Quentin and the monstrous Jason.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

(retrieved from Amazon Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:58:09 -0500)

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