I read this one over six months ago. This is my first experience with Faulkner and I should have probably gone with a stronger one from him. I enjoyed his writing style fine, but the story and characters didn't do a whole lot for me. It had a few entertaining moments, but not enough to make it a book I'd recommend to others. I think the thing I enjoyed most from this book is the idea of roads being so bad at the beginning of the automobile era that there could be huge mud holes to drive and get stuck into. Beyond that, there weren't any other memorable moments for me. Pretty cool book cover involving Steve McQueen though. One last thing to mention is on the introductory page, the title of the book has an asterisk next to it and at the bottom of the page it says "*reive (reave): take away by stealth or force; plunder." This is in reference to the stolen car. Although it's a bit of a stretch to say it was taken by stealth, and it was definitely not taken by force, but oh well. Hoping to get back on the Faulkner train soon as I feel that I will enjoy many of his other books more than this one.
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