"The basis for the classic movie starring Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters. Novels that inspired great films"--Cover.
Davis Grubb Book order
July 23, 1919 – July 24, 1980
Grubb crafts dark tales that draw from observations of economic and social hardship within American society. His works often explore the psychology of characters grappling with external threats and internal demons. Though his visual art career was curtailed by color blindness, Grubb integrated drawn elements into his writing through sketches. His most celebrated novel became a classic in both literary and film forms, and his distinct style continues to resonate.
- 2015
- 2001
"Convicted murderer Mattie Appleyard has just served forty-seven years in Glory Penitentiary. His release puts him in possession of a check for $25,452.32 - the result of his having salted away his meager earnings in the Prisoner's Work-and-Hope Savings Plan of the local bank. With his friends Johnny Jesus and Lee Cottrill, he plans to open a general store that will compete with the company store in Stonecoal, West Virginia.". "Unfortunately, banker Homer Grindstaff, prison guard Uncle Doc Council, and Sheriff Duane Ewing have no intention of allowing Mattie to realize his ambitions. Mattie's efforts to cash his check set a deadly pursuit in motion and introduce the reader to a host of colorful characters and a vividly recreated regional and historical background. Good and evil meet head-on in this novel that is, by turns, warm and humorous, rousing and tumultuous."--BOOK JACKET.
- 1995
- 1973
