"The basis for the classic movie starring Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters. Novels that inspired great films"--Cover.
Davis Grubb Livres
23 juillet 1919 – 24 juillet 1980
Grubb crée des récits sombres qui s'inspirent de l'observation des difficultés économiques et sociales au sein de la société américaine. Ses œuvres explorent souvent la psychologie des personnages aux prises avec des menaces extérieures et des démons intérieurs. Bien que sa carrière artistique visuelle ait été interrompue par sa vision des couleurs, Grubb a intégré des éléments dessinés dans son écriture par le biais de croquis. Son roman le plus célèbre est devenu un classique sous forme littéraire et cinématographique, et son style distinctif continue de résonner.
"Convicted murderer Mattie Appleyard has just served forty-seven years in Glory Penitentiary. His release puts him in possession of a check for $25,452.32 - the result of his having salted away his meager earnings in the Prisoner's Work-and-Hope Savings Plan of the local bank. With his friends Johnny Jesus and Lee Cottrill, he plans to open a general store that will compete with the company store in Stonecoal, West Virginia.". "Unfortunately, banker Homer Grindstaff, prison guard Uncle Doc Council, and Sheriff Duane Ewing have no intention of allowing Mattie to realize his ambitions. Mattie's efforts to cash his check set a deadly pursuit in motion and introduce the reader to a host of colorful characters and a vividly recreated regional and historical background. Good and evil meet head-on in this novel that is, by turns, warm and humorous, rousing and tumultuous."--BOOK JACKET.
