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The Cave
The Cave | Robert Penn Warren
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In his sixth novel, The Cave (1959), Robert Penn Warren tells the story of a young man trapped in a cave in fictional Johntown, Tennessee. His predicament becomes the center of national attention as television cameras, promoters, and newscasters converge on the small town to exploit the rescue attempts and the thousands of spectators gathered at the mouth of the cave.
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Jasper Harrick, a tough loner, goes missing in a cave in rural midcentury Tennessee. Warren uses this inciting incident to lay bare the simmering internal conflicts of Harrick‘s family, friends and neighbors as time runs short and every character is forced to face difficult truths. Warren masterfully interweaves layers of drama, suspense, cynicism, humor, despair…and, to my surprise, a powerful sympathy. Fascinating magic from RPW‘s typewriter.