Lawless: Originally published with the title 'The Wettest County in the World' b

Description: Lawless by Matt Bondurant A film tie-in edition and a gripping tale of brotherhood, greed and murder in a Prohibition county. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description White mule, white lightning, firewater, popskull, wild cat, stump whiskey, or rotgut - whatever you called it, Franklin County was awash in moonshine in the 1920s. During Prohibition, the Bondurant Boys were moonshiners and notorious roughnecks who ran liquor though Franklin County, Virginia. Lawless is their story, a white-knuckle fable of bootlegging, revenge and remorse.Forrest, the eldest brother, is fierce, mythically indestructible, and the consummate businessman; Howard, the middle brother, is an ox of a man besieged by the horrors he witnessed in the Great War; and Jack, the youngest, has a taste for luxury and a dream to get out of Franklin. Driven and haunted, these men forge a business, fall in love, and struggle to stay afloat as they watch the world they know crumble around them. In vivid, muscular prose, Matt Bondurant brings these men - their dark deeds, their long silences and their deep desires - to thrilling life. Notes Now a major motion picture starring Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Gary Oldman, Mia Wasikowska, Guy Pearce and Jessica Chastain Author Biography Matt Bondurants novel The Wettest County in the World was a New York Times Editors Pick, and San Francisco Chronicle Best 50 Books of the Year. A former John Gardner Fellow in Fiction at Bread Loaf, Kingsbury Fellow at Florida State, and Walter E. Dakin Fellow at Sewanee, Matts short fiction has been published in journals such as Prairie Schooner, The New England Review, and Glimmer Train, and he has recently held residencies at Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony. He currently lives in Texas. Review * Thick with the kind of blood-soaked descriptions that would do Cormac McCarthy proud. Wall Street Journal * There is blood. There is whiskey. There is the scent of gunpowder and gasoline hanging above the space through which the Bondurants pass, unrepentant, robed in their own greed. Its a dark, flinty reimagination of what a memoir - and your grandfathers stories - can be. Esquire * Engrossing. Entertainment Weekly * This is a lyrical and riveting book ... Its a book that hurts like life. Salon.com Promotional Now a major motion picture starring Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Gary Oldman, Mia Wasikowska, Guy Pearce and Jessica Chastain Long Description A film tie-in edition and a gripping tale of brotherhood, greed and murder in a Prohibition county. White mule, white lightning, firewater, popskull, wild cat, stump whiskey, or rotgut - whatever you called it, Franklin County was awash in moonshine in the 1920s. During Prohibition, the Bondurant Boys were moonshiners and notorious roughnecks who ran liquor though Franklin County, Virginia. Lawless is their story, a white-knuckle fable of bootlegging, revenge and remorse. Forrest, the eldest brother, is fierce, mythically indestructible, and the consummate businessman; Howard, the middle brother, is an ox of a man besieged by the horrors he witnessed in the Great War; and Jack, the youngest, has a taste for luxury and a dream to get out of Franklin. Driven and haunted, these men forge a business, fall in love, and struggle to stay afloat as they watch the world they know crumble around them. In vivid, muscular prose, Matt Bondurant brings these men - their dark deeds, their long silences and their deep desires - to thrilling life. Review Text Thick with the kind of blood-soaked descriptions that would do Cormac McCarthy proud. Review Quote Engrossing. Promotional "Headline" Now a major motion picture starring Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Gary Oldman, Mia Wasikowska, Guy Pearce and Jessica Chastain Details ISBN0857867288 Author Matt Bondurant Year 2012 ISBN-10 0857867288 ISBN-13 9780857867285 Format Paperback Publication Date 2012-08-16 Place of Publication Edinburgh Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.6 Media Book Pages 336 Short Title LAWLESS BY MATT BONDURANT Language English Birth 1971 Subtitle Originally published with the title The Wettest County in the World UK Release Date 2012-08-16 AU Release Date 2012-08-16 Illustrations No Publisher Canongate Books Imprint Canongate Books Edition Description Tie-In - Film tie-in Audience General NZ Release Date 2012-08-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:44680691;

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