Lonesome Holler: A Novel
Apr 2027 · Sold by Flatiron Books
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From the author of the acclaimed novel, House of Cotton, comes an electric, haunting new Southern noir following the residents of Better Tomorrow Trailer Park in the aftermath of a gruesome murder.
Summer ’97. Deadly sins. Misguided obsessions.
When Better Tomorrow Trailer Park’s owner, Joe Candle, is found nailed to a cross in the center of the lot, the police have one question for the park’s eccentric residents: Who killed Candle?
No one is safe from suspicion. Not the pretty, calf-eyed cashier with a shadowed past, or the barber and his strange, altered demeanor, or the young son of a cop who harbors a volcanic temper.
As the investigation begins and satanic panic grips this small town in the heart of Appalachia, the low-grade paranoia spreads beyond the borders of the park. With the arrival of a lone, mysterious detective, a darker plot is soon unearthed. The questions that arise threaten the very existence of Better Tomorrow, and the community is tested to its breaking point.
Thundering towards the dreaded summer solstice, Lonesome Holler is a beautifully written exploration of loneliness, a blue-tuned elegy for community, and a comedic, devastating ode to the South.
Summer ’97. Deadly sins. Misguided obsessions.
When Better Tomorrow Trailer Park’s owner, Joe Candle, is found nailed to a cross in the center of the lot, the police have one question for the park’s eccentric residents: Who killed Candle?
No one is safe from suspicion. Not the pretty, calf-eyed cashier with a shadowed past, or the barber and his strange, altered demeanor, or the young son of a cop who harbors a volcanic temper.
As the investigation begins and satanic panic grips this small town in the heart of Appalachia, the low-grade paranoia spreads beyond the borders of the park. With the arrival of a lone, mysterious detective, a darker plot is soon unearthed. The questions that arise threaten the very existence of Better Tomorrow, and the community is tested to its breaking point.
Thundering towards the dreaded summer solstice, Lonesome Holler is a beautifully written exploration of loneliness, a blue-tuned elegy for community, and a comedic, devastating ode to the South.
From the author of the acclaimed novel, House of Cotton, comes an electric, haunting new Southern noir following the residents of Better Tomorrow Trailer Park in the aftermath of a gruesome murder.
Summer ’97. Deadly sins. Misguided obsessions.
When Better Tomorrow Trailer Park’s owner, Joe Ca...
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About the author
Monica Brashears is an Affrilachian writer from Tennessee and the author of House of Cotton, which was a finalist for the 2024 New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award. She is a graduate of Syracuse University's MFA program. Her work has appeared in Somesuch Stories, Nashville Review, Split Lip Magazine, Appalachian Review, and more.
Monica Brashears is an Affrilachian writer from Tennessee and the author of House of Cotton, which was a finalist for the 2024 New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award. She is a graduate of Syracuse University's MFA program. Her work has appeared in Somesuch Stories, Nashville Review, Sp...
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