The unlikely narrator through this tale of misadventures is one Curt Marder: gambler, drinker, cheat, and would-be womanizer. It’s 1871, and he’s lost his farm, his wife, and his dog to a band of marauding hooligans. With nothing to live on but a desire to recover what is rightfully his, Marder is forced to enlist the help of the best tracker in the West: a black man named Bubba.

Percival Everett is the author of eleven novels including the recentErasure,which won the inaugural Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for fiction. He lives with his wife on a small ranch and teaches at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Publish Date: March 05, 2024
• Pages: 232
• Dimensions: 5.37 X 0.61 X 7.99 inches| 0.5 pounds
• Language: English
• Type: Paperback
• EAN/UPC: 9780807016299
• BISAC Categories: Historical – General, Westerns – General, African American – Historical