The Gospel Singer — Harry Crews

Sex and Salvation

He had two priceless assets. Both were God-given.

One was his voice. From coast to coast it held millions of TV viewers spellbound, hearing the gospel songs of Southland as they never had been sung before.

The other was his animal good looks. His virility had conquered a willing army of women as his life turned into an unending orgy of compulsive sexuality.

Now on the crest of his fame he had returned to the Georgia town that spawned him. Her he would rise to new heights -- and sink to unimaginable depths…