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  • Published: 5 October 1993
  • ISBN: 9780679736172
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $32.99

Follow Me Down



A mesmerizing novel of faith, passion, and murder by the author of The Civil War: A Narrative. Drawing on themes as old as the Bible, Foote's novel compels us to inhabit lives obsessed with sin and starving for redemption. A work reminiscent of both Faulkner and O'Connor, yet utterly original.

  • Published: 5 October 1993
  • ISBN: 9780679736172
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $32.99

About the author

Shelby Foote

Although he now makes his home in Memphis, Tennessee, Shelby Foote comes from a long line of Mississippians. He was born in Greenville, Mississippi, and attended school there until he entered the University of North Carolina. During the Second World War, he served in Europe as a captain of field artillery. He has written six novels: Tournament, Follow Me Down, Love in a Dry Season, Shiloh, Jordan County and September, September. While writing The Civil War: A Narrative he was awarded three Guggenheim fellowships.

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