{"product_id":"lawless-a-novel-based-on-a-true-story-media-tie-in-9781451658941","title":"Lawless: A Novel Based on a True Story (Media Tie-In)","description":"A gritty, gripping tale of brotherhood, greed, and murder, this \"engrossing\" (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) novel is now a major motion picture starring Jessica Chastain, Tom Hardy, Shia Labeouf, Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce, and Mia Wasikowska. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a Foreword by Director John Hillcoat \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on the true story of Matt Bondurant's grandfather and two granduncles, \u003ci\u003eLawless \u003c\/i\u003eis a gripping tale of brotherhood, greed, and murder. The Bondurant Boys were a notorious gang of roughnecks and moonshiners who ran liquor through Franklin County, Virginia, during Prohibition and in the years after. When Sherwood Anderson, the journalist and author of \u003ci\u003eWinesburg, Ohio, \u003c\/i\u003ewas covering a story there, he christened it the \"wettest county in the world.\" Anderson finds himself driving along dusty red roads, piecing together the clues linking the brothers to \"The Great Franklin County Moonshine Conspiracy,\" and breaking open the silence that shrouds Franklin County. In vivid, muscular prose, Matt Bondurant brings these men--their dark deeds, their long silences, their deep desires--to life. His understanding of the passion, violence, and desperation at the center of this world is both heartbreaking and magnificent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBondurant, Matt:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMatt Bondurant\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of three novels, the most recent of which is \u003ci\u003eThe Night Swimmer\u003c\/i\u003e. Lawless--previously published as \u003ci\u003eThe Wettest County in the World\u003c\/i\u003e--was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice, and one of the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e's 50 Best Books of the Year. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Third Translation\u003c\/i\u003e, was an international bestseller, translated into fourteen languages worldwide. He currently teaches literature and writing in the Arts and Humanities graduate program at the University of Texas at Dallas.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50504544649490,"sku":"9781451658941","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7be964de-d629-4dba-b1d9-e456a80bf638.jpg?v=1730821922","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lawless-a-novel-based-on-a-true-story-media-tie-in-9781451658941","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}