{"product_id":"loud-water-9781643963273","title":"Loud Water","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robby Henson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Down \u0026amp; Out Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Down \u0026amp; Out Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Crime\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight years into a 15-year sentence, Crit Poppwell finally discovered something he was good at, besides destroying his family and abusing drugs. He found art. The solitary act of drawing, painting and creating brings a calmness and separation from the prison chaos. A dreadlocked Dominican nun who teaches art classes behind-bars encourages Crit to paint\u003cem\u003e \u003ci\u003ethe \"truth in things.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eShe even helps him parole out, back to \"bloody\" Breathitt County where his brother is the reigning crystal meth kingpin and his ex-wife wants him dead for an unforgivable past crime that haunts his every heartbeat forward. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCrit returns to his Appalachian hometown with ringing tinnitus in his ear from a prison brawl, and a desire to change his DNA. But he soon meets a hot-mess substance abuser and her son, and his reluctant, then fully committed desire to help her puts him in the crosshairs of his brother's wrath. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan Crit flush the past from his blood and bones and use his newfound creativity to change his life and save others? Or die trying? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCritical acclaim for LOUD WATER: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Robby Henson's prose crackles with the raw-boned, rough-edged hardness of the Eastern Kentucky landscape, intensely capturing the desperate victims seeking to escape its unforgiving hold...whether through an act of redemption or an act of revenge. A visceral Southern Gothic Noir.\" -Charles Edward Pogue, screenwriter of \u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003eDragonheart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003ePsycho III\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Sins of the past litter the backroads of rural Kentucky in this powerful Southern Gothic noir. Redemption is a hard thing to come by. Henson writes like William Faulkner's Kentucky cousin and reminds us what great writing really looks like.\" -John Morrissey, producer of \u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican History X\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003eHavoc\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere Are No Saints\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A brilliant noir debut with a bittersweet ending.\" -Jim Winter, author of the Holland Bay series","brand":"Down \u0026 Out Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45130518266007,"sku":"9781643963273","price":1251.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781643963273.webp?v=1767652003","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/loud-water-9781643963273","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}