The Tallons

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Come in at the Door
AuthorWilliam March
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreSouthern Gothic
PublisherRandom House and University of Alabama Press
Publication date
1936
ISBN978-0-8173-5810-5
LC ClassPS3505.A53157 T35 2014
Followed byThe Looking-Glass 

The Tallons is the second novel in Alabama author William March’s “Pearl County” collection of novels and short fiction. It is an example of the Southern Gothic genre. Like its predecessor, Come in at the Door and sequel, The Looking-Glass, The Tallons is set in the mythical towns of Reedyville and Baycity, the latter offering a fictionalized vision of Mobile, Alabama. The book was first published in 1936 by Random House in New York and republished by the University of Alabama Press in 2015.[1]

The novel centers on the Tallon brothers, Jim and Andrew, who become entangled in a romantic triangle with Myrtle Bickerstaff. An older Tallon brother, Brad, was a minor character in the first book in March's "Pearl County" series, the 1934 novel Come in at the Door.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Simmonds, Roy S (1988). William March: An Annotated Checklist. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-8173-0361-7.