Publication details
- Author
- Michael Largo
- Publisher
- New Earth Books
- Published
- 1977
- Genre
- Fiction
About the book
Every catalog starts somewhere, and Michael Largo's starts here. Southern Comfort, published by New Earth Books in 1977, is his debut novel, a Southern Gothic tale that established his voice as a storyteller with a unique perspective on American culture and character.
Southern gothic novels earn their keep by looking directly at what the American story prefers to keep in the attic, and Largo's debut set the pattern for everything that followed: the unblinking eye, the fascination with human extremity, the conviction that the darkest material makes the most honest literature.
The saga continued in Lies Within, and the sensibility continued everywhere else. Read today, Southern Comfort is the origin point of a fifty year catalog, the first appearance of the voice that would go on to win the Bram Stoker Award for cataloguing how we die.
Inside the book
Michael Largo's debut novel, published in 1977
A Southern Gothic tale of American culture and character
The origin of the voice that later won the Bram Stoker Award
Continued in the sequel, Lies Within
Questions readers ask
What is Southern Comfort about?
It is Michael Largo's debut novel, a Southern Gothic tale that established his voice as a storyteller with a unique perspective on American culture and character.
Is there a sequel to Southern Comfort?
Yes. Lies Within, published in 1997, continues the saga with the same Southern Gothic atmosphere.
When was Southern Comfort published?
It was published by New Earth Books in 1977, making it the earliest novel in Largo's catalog.
Where can I buy Southern Comfort?
The novel is currently out of wide circulation. Contact the author through this site for availability.
About the author
Michael Largo
Michael Largo is a bestselling author of encyclopedic works exploring death, nature, and the macabre. His Bram Stoker Award-winning Final Exits established him as America's foremost chronicler of mortality.