<p>published In 1932, <i>light In August</i> Is The Seventh In The Series Of William Faulkner's Novels Set In The Fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi. The Book Tells The Story Of The Orphan Joe Christmas, Whose Mixed Black-white Heritage Condemns Him To Life As An Outsider Who Is Hated By Some And Pitied By Others.<p> Simon Mceachern, The Puritanical Farmer Who Rears Joe, Frequently Whips The Boy, And Joe Leaves Home After Savagely Beating Simon. Joe Then Wanders For 15 Years, Eventually Settling In With A White Woman Devoted To Aiding Blacks, Joanna Burden. But Her Evangelism Is A Reminder To Joe Of Simon's; Still Damaged From His Upbringing, Joe Murders Joanna. Joe Flees But A Companion Reveals His Whereabouts And He Is Killed And Castrated.</p><h3>donald Adams</h3><p>with This New Novel, Mr. Faulkner Has Taken A Tremendous Stride Forward. . . . <i>light In August</i> Is A Powerful Novel, A Book Which Secures Mr. Faulkner's Place In The Very Front Rank Of American Writers Of Fiction. -- <i>books Of The Century; New York Times</i> Review, October 1932</p>