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Joe Christmas, who appears to be white but is part Negro, kills Joanna Burden, a spinster he has an affair with. He is captured, castrated, and killed by outraged townspeople.
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Light in August, William Faulkner
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- Released
- 1987
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- Title
- Light in August
- Language
- English
- Authors
- William Faulkner
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Released
- 1987
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 565
- ISBN10
- 0394747437
- ISBN13
- 9780394747439
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Classics, USA, American Literature, Literary Fiction, Race, Racism, American South, Southern Gothic, Nobel Prize in Literature, Yoknapatawpha
- First published
- 1932
- Original title
- Light in August
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- Joe Christmas, who appears to be white but is part Negro, kills Joanna Burden, a spinster he has an affair with. He is captured, castrated, and killed by outraged townspeople.