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Review of Coventry Coventry By Joseph Bathanti ISBN: 0976096374 Joseph Bathanti’s Coventry is a fine example of psychological literature, exploring themes of fear, mysticism, and dominance. Calvin Gaddy, in spite of his mother’s wishes, ends up following in his father’s footsteps as a prison guard. Coventry tells, at times graphically, the story of the thin line between prisoner and guard. Calvin is constantly trying to maintain balance between his life with his pregnant wife and father, co-workers who may be working against him, and prisoners. The line between prisoner and guard that his father taught him must remain clear becomes blurred until he recognizes the potentially disastrous consequences. Bathanti shows that it is possible to write a highly literate psychological novel. From the family borderline-dysfunctional Gaddy family dynamic, to prison staff responses to the resident prison “witch doctor”, there is plenty for any reader who enjoys crawling into the minds of characters on the page. Beyond Modern American Literature courses, Coventry may be of interest to instructors in Sociology, Psychology, and Criminal Justice Theory. |