Nightwoods

Nightwoods (2011) by Charles Frazier. The author of Cold Mountain brings us another drama set in North Carolina, this one set in a small town in the early 1960s. The bare bones of the story are that two sisters, Luce and Lily, have been separated, but that now Lily has been killed and her two young children, Frank and Dolores, have come to live with Luce. Bud, Lily's former husband (who killed her) believes that Lily has passed a great deal of money on to Luce, money that should by his (Bud's), and that he intends to have it. The language, as usual with Frazier, is lyrical and beautifully descriptive, and his feeling for human relationships is unerring. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and I would recommend it to any thoughtful reader. Grade: A-