The Wettest County in the World
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The Wettest County in the World is a 2008 historical novel by Matt Bondurant, an American writer who features his grandfather Jack and grand-uncles Forrest and Howard as the main characters in the novel.
Author | Matt Bondurant |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Historical novel, Crime novel |
Publisher | Scribner |
Publication date | October 14, 2008 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 320 pp (hardback edition) |
ISBN | 1-4165-6139-0 (hardback edition) |
The book tells of the trio during the Depression and Prohibition in rural Virginia, who made a living bootlegging moonshine. The novel is told from both the perspectives of the three Bondurant brothers, mainly focusing on the youngest, Jack, and of the writer Sherwood Anderson, who described Franklin County in that period as the "wettest county in the world" while working there as a journalist during Prohibition.[1] The film Lawless (2012), directed by John Hillcoat, is based on the book with a screenplay by Nick Cave.