Hardcover, 350 pages
English language
Published May 4, 2000 by Subterranean Press.
Its 1933 in East Texas and the Depression lingers in the air like a slow moving storm. When a young Harry Collins and his little sister stumble across the body of a black woman who has been savagely mutilated and left to die in the bottoms of the Sabine River, their small town is instantly charged with tension. When a second body turns up, this time of a white woman, there is little Harry can do from stopping his Klan neighbors from lynching an innocent black man. Together with his younger sister, Harry sets out to discover who the real killer is, and to do so they will search for a truth that resides far deeper than any river or skin color.
It's the Deep South in the 1930s, so definitely not for everyone. But a great book. Compelling story and engrossing writing style.
-- It’s the kind of weather where you learn to move as little as possible, seek shade, and stay low to the ground.
Schweren Herzens nur drei, denn eigentlich war es ein schönes Buch. Leider ist das Hautfarbenthema mit dem sehr dicken Pinsel aufgetragen und der Plot etwas vorhersehbar, speziell wenn man ein anderes, recht bekanntes Buch über eine ähnliche Zeit und Gegend gelesen hat, das ich hier aus Spoilergründen nicht nenne.
