Book description
Travis Shelton is seventeen the summer he wanders into the woods onto private property near his North Carolina home, discovers a grove of marijuana large enough to make him some serious money, and steps into the jaws of a bear trap. After hours on the forest floor, he's released from…
Why read it?
1 author picked The World Made Straight as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I always love it when a character gets into a world of trouble with a person he absolutely does not want to cross.
I read anything Ron Rash writes in a flash, but this one’s my favorite and the most crime-centered of them all. I love the blend of perfect prose with the page-turning plot that entwines a civil war era subplot and a whole lot of spot on characters. I started here, but then read everything Rash wrote.
From Wesley's list on crime books set in contemporary Appalachia.
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