Larry, a mechanic, lives a solitary existence, never able to rise above the whispers of suspicion. His friendship with Larry was broken, and then Silas left town. The incident shook the county-and perhaps Silas most of all. She was never found and Larry never confessed, but all eyes rested on him as the culprit. But then tragedy struck: Larry took a girl on a date to a drive-in movie, and she was never heard from again. Yet for a few months the boys stepped outside of their circumstances and shared a special bond. Their worlds were as different as night and day: Larry, the child of lower-middle-class white parents, and Silas, the son of a poor, single black mother. In the late 1970s, Larry Ott and Silas "32" Jones were boyhood pals. An extraordinary novel that seamlessly blends elements of crime and Southern literary fiction, Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter is a must for readers of Larry Brown, Pete Dexter, Ron Rash, and Dennis Lehane. For days on end, I woke with this story on my mind.” -David WroblewskiĪ powerful and resonant novel from the critically acclaimed author of Smonk and Hell at the Breech, Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter tells the riveting story of two boyhood friends, torn apart by circumstance, who are brought together again by a terrible crime in a small Mississippi town. “The classic trifecta of talent, heart, and a bone-deep sense of storytelling….A masterful performance, deftly rendered and deeply satisfying.
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