Ларри Браун

This classic story of good and evil takes place in the rural American South of 1968. After being released from prison, Glen Davis returns to his hometown only to commit double homicide within forty-eight hours of his return. Sheriff Bobby Blanchard, as upright as Glen is despicable, walks in the path of Glen’s destruction and tries to rebuild the fragile ties of the families and community they sha...

Set in a small town in Mississippi, this story focuses on the relationship between Joe Ransom, an aimless drunk and gambler whose job keeps him in whisky and cigarettes, and 15-year-old Gary Jones, the sole breadwinner in a family of intinerants. Both are soon drawn into a web of violent tragedy.

She's had no education, hardly any shelter, and you can't call what her father's been trying to give her since she grew up "love." So, at the ripe age of seventeen, Fay Jones leaves home. She lights out alone, wearing her only dress and rotting sneakers, carrying a purse with a half pack of cigarettes and two dollar bills. Even in 1985 Mississippi, two dollars won't go far on the road. She's he...