Two aimless Texas drifters, Ray Bob and Eddie find themselves on the run after an impulsive act of violence escalates way out of hand. They are joined by Della, a young working class woman who's had to leave town when a casual pick-up in a hotel bar has unexpected consequences. In this fast moving southern noir that marries poetry to action, the story flows over terrain from Texas hill country through coastal swamps into the lush East Texas riverbottoms as each flawed character seeks his own redemption. A literary thriller of the first order.
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Two aimless Texas drifters, Ray Bob and Eddie find themselves on the run after an impulsive act of violence escalates way out of hand. They are joined by Della, a young working class woman who's had to leave town when a casual pick-up in a hotel bar has unexpected consequences. In this fast moving southern noir that marries poetry to action, the story flows over terrain from Texas hill country through coastal swamps into the lush East Texas riverbottoms as each flawed character seeks his own redemption. A literary thriller of the first order.