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Byron Aldridge, heir to a timber empire, returns from the First World War a changed man and finds refuge as a company policeman in a backwoods Louisiana sawmill. Soon his younger brother Randolph tracks him down, assuming charge of the mill in the hope of rescuing his former idol. But as the brothers try to understand each other and their wives contend with their own hopes and fears, it is Randolph who starts a feud with the Sicilians who control the whisky and girls, and the future grows fearsome for them all.

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Thank you for this lovely surprise. Looks interesting.

Oops! Its a little while since I read this and I forgot to journal it. Another senior moment.
This was a book that I struggled with until I got past the first chapter and then I couldn't put it down. Very well portrayed atmosphere of a 1920s Louisiana logging camp and relationships between black and white, two brothers, one of whom has just returned from the First World War, oh, and some Sicilians who want to control the bar facilities and the gambling too. Also there's a train or two.

A Brucie bonus.

I enjoyed this. Maybe you will too.

What a lovely surprise. Arrived safely with its friend. Thanks for sharing I forward to reading it.