Vintage Contemporaries

Ford''s mesmerizing first novel is the story of two godless pilgrims. Robard Hewes has driven across the country in the service of a destructive passion. Sam Newell is seeking the missing piece of himself. When these men converge, on an uncharted island in the Mississippi, each discovers the thing he''s looking for--amid a conflagration of violence that''s as shocking as it is inevitable.

"This is one of those books that hit you hard...a story filled with breathing characters and genius-crafted dialogue between moments of consummate description.... I can''t be unbiased. I''m mad for this book."--Elizabeth Ashton, Houston Chronicle


From the Trade Paperback edition.