Bomb Island by Stephen Hundley
Too-modern for a stream of consciousness novel, almost: you lose the interesting pieces of the coming of age, the quirky characters, the sparsely populated rural island, the mystery of an atomic bomb in what is purposely impenetrable writing. I'd love to read a retelling of this. Perhaps it also pales in comparison to the other rural Georgia island life novel I read recently, The Stars Are Not Yet Bells, which is just so beautiful and engrossing. I am sure someone will like this! Not for me.