Desperation Road: A Novel

"An elegantly written, perfectly paced novel about a man and woman indelibly marked by violence. . . . outstanding"—now a movie starring Mel Gibson (Ron Rash, New York Times–bestselling author of Serena).

For eleven years the clock has been ticking for Russell Gaines as he sits in the state penitentiary in the Mississippi Delta. His sentence is now up, and he believes his debt has been paid. But when he returns home, he soon discovers that revenge lives and breathes all around him.

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