G374 Book Review of The Tilted World by Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly
Name of Book: The Tilted World Author: Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly ISBN: 978-0-06-206919-1 Publisher: William and Morrow Type of book: 1927, Mississippi, flood, natural disaster, moonshine, hooch, money, filling in time and purpose, second chance, mixed family Year it was published: 2014 Summary: Set against the backdrop of the historic 1927 Mississippi Flood, a story of murder and moonshine, sandbagging and saboteurs, dynamite and deluge-and a man and a woman who find unexpected love-from Tom Franklin, author of the bestselling Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, and his wife, Pushcart Prize-winning poet Beth Ann Fennelly The year is 1927. As rains swell the Mississippi, the mighty river threatens to burst its banks and engulf all in its path, including federal revenue agent Ted Ingersoll and his partner, Ham Johnson. Arriving in the tiny hamlet of Hobnob, Mississippi, to investigate the disappearance of two fellow agents on the trail of a local bootlegger, they...