1991 NY: Algonquin First edition, first printing, new/unread in a flawless dustjacket, signed by the author, remainder marked. Nearing fifty, Joe Ransom won't slow down, not in his pickup, not with a gun-and certainly not with women. But all the fast living in Mississippi won't fill the hunger Joe can't name. At fifteen, Gary Jones is already slipping through the cracks. Part of a hopeless, homeless wandering family, he's desperate for a way out. He finds it in Joe. Together they follow a twisting map to redemption-or ruin."An understated, powerful, beautiful evocation of a place, a time, a people.

Author Biography: Larry Brown is the author of nine books-five novels and two collections each of stories and personal essays. His work has received many awards and prizes, including two Southern Book Critics Circle awards, the Thomas Wolfe Award, and the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writer's Award. He lives near Oxford, Mississippi, with his family.