Episode 92: A Feast of Snakes - Southern Serpentine Symbolism

Harry Crews’ Feast of Snakes (1976) is a rough and raunchy southern gothic that opens with opens with a lurid bang and never lets up. Jack and Kate are confronted with the seamy underbelly of Americana, from football bullies to dog fights to so, so, so very many snakes (reptilian and human).

Why are debate club members the worst ever? Is the ultimate power move maintaining eye contact during scatalogical self-abuse? Can you guess which sex act indicates “true love?” All these questions and more will be explored in this episode of Bad Books for Bad People.