Provinces of Night

First UK edition. 8vo. Pp. [x], 292, [1]. Pictorial wraps in dustwrapper with French flaps.

Author's second novel. The year is 1952, and after twenty years of roaming, E. F. Bloodworth has returned home – a forgotten corner of backwoods Tennessee – to find his three grown sons consumed with rage. A tale of the American South full of strife and blood ties that strangle as they bind. Basis of the 2010 film Bloodworth, directed by Shane Dax Taylor, and starring Val Kilmer, Hilary Duff and Kris Kristofferson in the title role, who also provided original score compositions.

"In the high tradition of the Southern novel, Gay is unafraid to tackle the biggest of themes, nor does he shy away from the grand gesture that makes those themes manifest." –New York Times Book Review