The Ballad of Tom Dooley

Although this is an interesting, beneath the surface examination of a well known ballad it doesn't hold up as a good read for me.

The characters are rather shallow and can be summed up as villain, villain, anti-hero, minor pathetic soul, and bewildered narrator. I'll leave it up to you to judge who is who.

Sharyn McCrumb is an excellent writer who I really want to love again. I hope she gets back to her roots of Appalachian story telling.