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Humor, horror and social commentary blend in Percival Everett's detective novel
Listen to the episodeA page-turning detective novel blending gruesome horror, screamingly funny humor, and sharp social commentary. A racial allegory rooted in southern history, it follows two special detectives from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation sent to probe small-town murders that are hideous in detail yet politically incendiary in their comedy.
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