![]() ![]() Ringleader Tooch Bedsole, cousin of the murdered Arch, argues, "If we're gone level things with the folks responsible for killing my cousin, we're gone have to level the whole goddamn town of Grove Hill." The men begin a murder spree that culminates in a town-led manhunt, and the reader watches in horror as lives and families disintegrate.įranklin's heroes range from the sensitive, young, accidental murderer, Mack, to the jaded sheriff, Billy Waite. After an accidental shooting, sharecroppers decide to avenge the death by becoming a gang, naming themselves Hell at the Breech. In Hell at the Breech, Franklin explores what happens to good, weak, wronged and evil men when they kill. Sunset is "the blueing dark that seemed to edge down from the clouds and up from the ground, trapping a bleak red line of horizon in the middle, the eye of the world shutting." ![]() ![]() Often compared to Faulkner, he combines the Nobel Laureate's mastery of evocative language and his fascination with the dark underside of humanity. Hell at the Breech, the anticipated first novel by award-winning author Tom Franklin, combines adventure, mystery, Southern saga and tragedy, delivering a disturbing meditation on murder and its repercussions through time.įranklin won an Edgar Award for "Poachers," the title story of his acclaimed 1999 collection. ![]()
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