Larry Otts and Silas Jones are two boys growing up in Mississippi.

Twenty-five years later, Silas is the local constable, and when another girl disappears, Larry, an auto mechanic with few customers and fewer friends, is once again a person of interest. And now another girl has disappeared, forcing two men who once called each other "friend" to confront a past they've buried for decades. The model takes into account factors including the age of a rating, whether the ratings are from verified purchasers, and factors that establish reviewer trustworthiness.Sorry, we failed to record your vote. --This text refers to an alternate It is beautifully written and I did not have any idea who the perpetrator of the murders was until the very end. Faultless is a word that springs to mind when attempting to describe this story.

Larry is surprised that an attractive local girl asks him on date but there is a twist, she disappears and Larry is suspected of murder.

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Edgar Award winner Franklin (Hell at the Breech, 2003) renders luminous prose and a cast of compelling characters in this moody, masterful entry. Just finished this book and I already want to read it again. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number.In the 1970s, Larry Ott and Silas 32 Jones were boyhood pals in a small town in rural Mississippi. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. I'm not very good at analysing books and leaving reviews, but I just have to with this book. Now looking for more titles by this author.

The disappearance of a girl rakes up old embers and makes for an engrossing read. Great bookstore - Square Books - been there, got the T-shirt. Their worlds were as different as night and day: Larry was the child of lower-middle-class white parents, and Silas, the son of a poor, black single mother. It's also a finely crafted psychological portrait of two men of different races and their friendship as they grow up in rural Mississippi. Larry's father is abusive and thinks little of him, Silas' mother is a poor single parent. . Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Top picked itemsThe lowest-priced, brand-new, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging (where packaging is applicable).Packaging should be the same as what is found in a retail store, unless the item is handmade or was packaged by the manufacturer in non-retail packaging, such as an unprinted box or plastic bag.See details for additional description.Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Best-selling in FictionTrending price is based on prices over last 90 days.Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Save on Fiction{"modules":["unloadOptimization","bandwidthDetection"],"unloadOptimization":{"browsers":{"Firefox":true,"Chrome":true}},"bandwidthDetection":{"url":"https://ir.ebaystatic.com/cr/v/c1/thirtysevens.jpg","maxViews":4,"imgSize":37,"expiry":300000,"timeout":250}}Tom Franklin lives in Oxford, Mississippi, and teaches creative writing at University of Mississippi. Your order is now being processed and we have sent a confirmation email to you at

In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. An enjoyable and unusual story, the author obviously knowledgeable about small town America in the deep South. Search.

Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. . Larry lives a solitary, shunned existence, never able to rise above the whispers of suspicion. Beautiful, evocative language makes it a real treat to read and there's a real gentleness to it. And now another girl has disappeared, forcing two men who once called each other friend to confront a past they've buried for decades.In the 1970s, Larry Ott and Silas "32" Jones were boyhood pals in a small town in rural Mississippi. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Read it and see. - Richard Russo 'This harrowing tale, told with ease and control, tracks back and forth across the adult lives and harsh schooldays of two Southern boys .

crooked letter, crooked letter by Tom Franklin ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 5, 2010 There are murders in this Mississippi melodrama, but pay them no mind; its core is the brief friendship of two boys, one black, one white. Franklin's third novel (after Smonk) is a meandering tale of an unlikely friendship marred by crime and racial strain in smalltown Mississippi. This item can be requested from the shops shown below. The author describes everyone and everything so well, that you feel as though you'd moved into town and followed everyone around. Must be something in the water that inspires authors who lived here -from the classic, Faulkner to the modern, Grisham. About this product. She was … Something we hope you'll especially enjoy: If you're a seller, Fulfillment by Amazon can help you grow your business. The sensory appeal of the description brings the settings to life and makes a character of the town itself.