Kyle Onstott Books
This author, originally from the Midwest, achieved notoriety with his sensational novel "Mandingo," a work that, while scorned by critics, became a national bestseller. His subsequent books, often co-authored or continued by others, delve into dark themes and intense relationships with a bold and explicit style. Despite the immense popularity and sales of the Falconhurst series, his work remains on the fringes of literary recognition. His writing is known for its raw portrayal of taboo subjects and visceral storytelling.
Like Mandingo and Drum, Master of Falconhurst shatters the genteel image of the Old South and lays bare the savage truth about slavery and slave-breeding...about plantations like Falconhurst where the cash crop was black flesh, where human beings were stripped bare in the marketplace and sold like cattle.In this great new bestseller, Kyle Onstott unfolds the turbulent drama of Falconhurst caught up in the violence of the Civil War. It also is the story of Drummage, the virile and handsome slave who rose to become not only ruler of Falconhurst, but master of the selfish, sensual woman who owned it.
Mandingo
- 368 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Mandingo is a novel written in 1957 by Kyle Onstott. The book is set in the 1830s in the antebellum South primarily around Falconhurst, a fictional plantation in Alabama owned by the planter Warren Maxwell. The narrative centers on Maxwell, his son Hammond, and the Mandingo (or Mandinka) slave Ganymede, or Mede. It is a tale of cruelty toward the blacks of that time, containing vicious fights, poisoning, and violent
