The Clearing

With The Clearing, award winner Tim Gautreaux delivers a brutal novel of love, family, and redemption.

Randolph Aldridge travels to a snake-infested Cypress mill in Louisiana to find his brother Byron, a troubled veteran of World War I. Once there, Randolph finds that By is a shell of his former selfamp;mdash;and that the murderous cartel controlling the mill's casino won't give them any peace.