Tom Franklin

The Tilted World

Mississippi flood of 1927 backdrop for love story amid displacement and chaos

About the author

Tom Franklin

Tom Franklin is an American crime writer and short story writer from Alabama whose debut novel Hell at the Breech drew comparisons to Cormac McCarthy for its portrayal of violence in the rural South. Crooked Letter Crooked Letter is a beautifully written crime novel about race and memory in Mississippi. He received the Edgar Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

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