{"product_id":"gods-of-howl-mountain-paperback","title":"Gods of Howl Mountain - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTaylor Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Southern Independent Booksellers Assocation Bestseller! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fresh, authentic, and eloquent new voice in American fiction.\" - Robert Morgan, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Gap Creek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGods of Howl Mountain, \u003c\/i\u003eaward-winning author Taylor Brown explores a world of folk healers, whiskey-runners, and dark family secrets in the high country of 1950s North Carolina. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBootlegger Rory Docherty has returned home to the fabled mountain of his childhood - a misty wilderness that holds its secrets close and keeps the outside world at gunpoint. Slowed by a wooden leg and haunted by memories of the Korean War, Rory runs bootleg whiskey for a powerful mountain clan in a retro-fitted '40 Ford coupe. Between deliveries to roadhouses, brothels, and private clients, he lives with his formidable grandmother, evades federal agents, and stokes the wrath of a rival runner. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the mill town at the foot of the mountains - a hotbed of violence, moonshine, and the burgeoning sport of stock-car racing - Rory is bewitched by the mysterious daughter of a snake-handling preacher. His grandmother, Maybelline \"Granny May\" Docherty, opposes this match for her own reasons, believing that \"some things are best left buried.\" A folk healer whose powers are rumored to rival those of a wood witch, she concocts potions and cures for the people of the mountains while harboring an explosive secret about Rory's mother - the truth behind her long confinement in a mental hospital, during which time she has not spoken one word. When Rory's life is threatened, Granny must decide whether to reveal what she knows...or protect her only grandson from the past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith gritty and atmospheric prose, Taylor Brown brings to life a perilous mountain and the family who rules it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTAYLOR BROWN grew up on the Georgia coast. He has lived in Buenos Aires, San Francisco, and the mountains of western North Carolina. His fiction has appeared in more than twenty publications, he is the recipient of the Montana Prize in Fiction, and was a finalist in both the Machigonne Fiction Contest and the Doris Betts Fiction Prize. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFallen Land\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and \u003ci\u003eThe River of Kings\u003c\/i\u003e (2017); \u003ci\u003eGods of Howl Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e is his third novel. He lives in Wilmington, North Carolina.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 19, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42124586680455,"sku":"9781250311580","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/c90a68c77617ecc46893f6d9b448b268.webp?v=1732571304","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/gods-of-howl-mountain-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}