Synopsis
A moonshiner with a surreal gift
A country strongman
And a talking dog
Baer Creighton is a gifted distiller of fruited moonshine, capable of detecting even the subtlest lies. He lives in the woods next to his house, philosophizes with his dog Fred, and writes letters to his high school love Ruth--who long ago chose Baer's brother.
Baer keeps a low profile. Everyone is happy drinking his sublime moonshines -- until Fred goes missing. A week later, while Baer harvests apples in the moonlight, a chain of headlights emerges from the woods. A single truck tosses a bundle to the ditch.
When you discover who stole Fred, you'll know you've found a new master of the dark surreal.
And when you see what Baer does to him...
Them...
You haven't read a novel like this.
I promise.
Kirkus Review: Lindemuth writes in a Southern dialect that perfectly evokes the woods and hollows of the Carolina hills. Baer's voice is as textured as the landscape ("All my life I got out the way so the liars and cheats could go on lying and cheating one another. I can spot a liar like nobody"), and the brutal acts that he describes are timeless and primal. Even within the bounds of this vernacular, Lindemuth manages to fashion sharp observations: "Cory Smylie was irredeemable, but given the vastness of Stipe's enterprise, odd jobs presented that were uniquely suited to irredeemable men."
...the world of Gleason is so immersive and Baer's vendetta so oddly compelling... Fans of noir tales set in rural America will particularly welcome this addition to the genre.
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About the Author
Clayton Lindemuth is the author of Cold Quiet Country, which earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly and was selected for the December 2012 Indie Next List, Nothing Save the Bones Inside Her, My Brother's Destroyer, and TREAD: Rebel Noir.
From the Inside Flap
Clayton Lindemuth's works have been smashingly well reviewed by Publishers Weekly (starred review and best of the week), Kirkus, Seattle Book Review, Manhattan Book Review, Indie Reader, Foreword, Chicks Dig Books, Indie Next List, Dec. 2012), Spinetingler Magazine, Hardboiled Wonderland, various independent best of the year mentions, (DoSomeDamage, among others) and now published in France and charmingly reviewed by Le Monde, La Croix, Le Figaro, and most appreciatedly, by bloggers and tweeters like you, everywhere.
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