Do, Lord, Remember Me

When the dust of 20th century American literature clears, George Garrett's ingenious and hilarious novels will stand. Do, Lord, Remember Me is the wild, exuberant story of the final night of a religious tent revival that has been rambling through the South, led by a hard-drinking, hard-living preacher who is swept up by the Spirit despite his manifest sinfulness. The story is at once a profound meditation on the mystery of man's relationship with God, and a ribald, sidesplitting comedy (it has one of the most hilarious fart scenes in all of literature). Garrett himself has descibed the book as "redneck rowdy." Anyone who has an interest in Southern literature, or who just wants to have a damn good time, is well advised to read this classic novel. FYI: The "Voices of the South" edition published by LSU is the author's original (uncensored) version.