It Faulkner and O’Connor had a literary child it would write this book. Set somewhere in Appalachia, this fabulist story has an Old Testament resonance.

Culla is a descendant of Cain. “You will be a restless wonderer on the earth.” He travels the land and tragedy follows. Rinthy, Culla’s sister, follows the line of Seth and generally finds good favor. The chap is like Able. Only the Tinker sees that Rinthy has been corrupted with the line of Cain - alluding to Genesis 6.

There’s also a devilish Trio in this tale that’s like the the opposite of the three in book of Daniel - “Look I see four men walking around the fire, the fourth looks like the son God.”