Fascinated by moonshine and like historical fiction? This is a book for you - and anyone who likes a compelling story. Matt Bondurant, from Alexandria, Virginia, based this book on his grandfather and great uncles, who were legendary as moonshine makers and bootleggers during Prohibition in Franklin County, Virginia.The story is told through the three brothers, along with famous writer Sherwood Anderson, who lived in Franklin County at the time, trying to dig up information on these, and other infamous bootleggers in the area. Although the novel jumps in time, you start to get a hold of the rhythm of the novel, and then you're hooked. Bondurant creates enthralling characters, and the vivid descriptions of life on a farm contrasted with the shoot-em-up scenes of bootlegging life make this novel one of the best I've read in awhile.
Definitely check this one out - and get excited for a movie version! Rumor has it that Ryan Gosling and Shia LaBeouf have signed on to play two of the Bondurant brothers. Hopefully Hollywood does this amazing novel justice.
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