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* Description * Praise for Bull ain "[Brian Panowich] pulls off [a] daunting undertaking with astounding success . . . The storytelling is mesmerizing, with virtually every chapter set in a different timeline and focused on a single character, but the sense of immediacy carries over into each era. And while the violence is shocking in its coldhearted brutality, it's as aesthetically choreographed as any ballet."--Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review "Panowich has crafted a satisfying and smartly constructed book whose time-shifting sequences build suspense even as they parcel out telling revelations. Once events are in full play, there's no turning back."--The Wall Street Journal "[Panowich storms] onto the scene with an epic southern tale that establishes him as a new voice for southern writers. . . . An unabashed literary page-turner, Bull ain, takes readers along for a ride full of well timed twists and turns, and the shocking family secret that causes the inevitable climax. . . . one of the best multi-generational family sa in years."--Huffington Post "You'd be hard pressed to believe Bull ain is the work of a debut author. What Panowich puts together is more than a history of family, but a chronology of the violence perpetrated for nearly a century in maintaining an empire built on bootleg hooch and drugs - not in the name of power, women, or money, but of home. . . .Panowich's Southern grit is stubborn and gets into every crevice . . . he tears apart the hardened, Southern man so popular in rural noir. Even more, he does so while maintaining that those characters have a moral, human center. "--The Los Angeles Review of Books "Brian Panowich stamps words on the page as if they've been blasted from the barrel of a , and as with a blast, no one is safe from the scattered fragments of history that impale the people of Bull ain. From a conflict born of violence and loyalty, Panowich brings us a cast of remarkable characters who are linked by blood but severed by duty. This is a wonderfully rich and evocative debut novel that is steeped in both the history of Appalachia and well aware of the current challenges it faces."--Wiley Cash, New York Times-bestselling author of This Dark Road to Mercy "Brian Panowich had me at the first word of his spectacular debut novel, 'Family, ' and he held me until the very last page. Bull ain is a sprawling, gritty, violent, tribal inter-generational crime epic with a deeply rooted sense of place and an gut-punch ending I didn't see coming. Expect to see Bull ain on the short-list of many 'Best First Novel' awards."--C. J. Box, New York Times--bestselling author of Endangered "Holy cow, what a book! For a multi-generational family saga, it moves like a bullet. Mr. Panowich knows his ains, his whiskey, his dope and his meth. And boy, does he know his characters, who are drawn so vividly I can't forget them. I can't recommend this novel enough--it will thrill fans of Daniel Woodrell and Larry Brown as well as fans of Dennis Lehane and William Gay. First rate, first rate!"--Tom Franklin, New York Times-bestselling author of Crooked Letter, Crooked LetterNumber of Pages: 304 Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres Sub-Genre: Mystery & Detective Format: Hardcover Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Book theme: General Author: Brian Panowich Language: English Estimated shipping dimensions: 6.0INCH X 9.0INCH X 1.0INCH DPCI : 248-54-4439 UPC : 9780399173974 TCIN : 53063988 Estimated shippimg weight: 1.148POUND