This story recounts the days Sailor and Lula spent on the road, searching for a place to begin life anew. Mind you, I've never seen the film by David Lynch based on this book, so my review is based on Gifford's novel, not interpretations of the novel. There are some stories that no matter how you try to spin it, it's going to be bleak.
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If you wish to see more of my most recent book and movie reviews, visit This book inspired the cult classic movie, and sometimes combining the experience of reading the book and watching the movie makes both experiences even better. There are also a few times when I feel like just a couple of more sentences might have made a scene even better. The prose is so sparse that this is more like a sketch pad than an oil painting, but there are some scenes that are more poignant because of the stark quick strokes of Barry Gifford’s pencil. Since when did being in love become a crime? The difference is that the last thing Lulu or Sailor want to do is hurt anyone, but you would think, by the way they are searched for, that they are demented criminals. We could throw Thelma and Louise in there as well. There is Bonnie and Clyde from the annals of history. There is Holly and Kit from the movie Badlands. You get right on me.”Ĭomparisons can be made to the great duo road trips. Sometimes it’s like it’s talkin’ to me when you’re inside? Like it’s got a voice all its own. ”Oh, Sailor, you’re so aware of what goes on with me? I mean, you pay attention. The sex is more than just sex to these two, which gives me hope for a sustainable future for them. They are soul mates, but are they doomed, I kept thinking to myself as money runs short and the fantasy starts to bleed into reality? Great sex will sustain a relationship for a while, but it’s all the hours of time spent verticle that usually cause the problems. Is there a place where two youngsters can get a fair shake without being hauled back into reality? ”The world is really wild at heart and weird on top, Lula thought.” They’ve got police, a private detective, and Lula’s momma looking for them. Of course, the second Sailor crossed over the North Carolina state line, he is in violation of his parole.
”We’ll be alright, peanut, as long as we’ve got room to move.”įrom North Carolina to Texas, we follow along with Sailor and Lula as they search for a place that will let them disappear and discover themselves. He knows that, if he is ever going to get to spend time with Lula, the first thing he needs to do is get her away from her momma. ”When he was on the road gang he had thought about Lula’s eyes, swum in them as if they were great cool, grey lakes with small violet islands in the middle. The minute he steps out of prison, Sailor is on his way to find Lula Pace Fortune. It shouldn’t work that way, but that is the system we have.
The better the lawyer, the less likely a defendant will become a victim of the justice system, and Poe and Ripley got crappy lawyers. One of those convictions that reminds me of the royal shafting that Cameron Poe received in the movie Con Air(1997), which is an interesting association because Nicholas Cage plays Cameron Poe and he also plays Sailor Ripley in the movie version of Wild at Heart(1990). Sailor Ripley has just stepped out of prison from serving time for a bullshit manslaughter charge. ‘You move me, Sailor, you really do,’ she said. ”Lula pulled Sailor over to her and kissed him soft on the mouth.
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