Twilight by William Gay
Brand: Dzanc Books
Product Description
Suspecting that something is amiss with their fathers burial teenager Kenneth Tyler and his sister Corrie venture to his gravesite and make a horrific discovery their father a whiskey bootlegger was not actually buried in the casket they bought for him. Worse they learn that the undertaker Fenton Breece has been grotesquely manipulating the dead. Armed with incriminating photographs Tyler becomes obsessed with bringing the perverse undertaker to justice. But first he must outrun Granville Sutter a local strongman and convicted murderer hired by Fenton to destroy the evidence. What follows is an adventure through the Harrikin an eerie backwoods filled with tangled roads rusted machinery and eccentric squattersold men witches and families among themwho both shield and imperil Tyler as he runs for safety. With his poetic haunting prose William Gay rewrites the rules of the gothic fairytale while exploring the classic Southern themes of good and evil. show more
Condition : New
Author : William Gay
Weight : 398
Publisher : Dzanc Books
Language : English
EAN : 9781938103230
ISBN10 : 1938103238
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20160913
Place of Publication : United States
Pagination : 224 Pages
Dimensions : 142 X 214 X 19