Monday, August 24, 2015

The Wettest County in the World   -  Matt Bondurant

                     Historical Fiction

Franklin County, Virginia.  1929.  Prohibition.   Moonshine.  Bootleggers.   Violence.    Hard times.

Matt tells a fictional story about the family facts of his grandfather and two great-uncles.  The story was good,  I just had a very had time following it because of the way it jumped around.  It was 1929 and then it was 1935 and then it was 1930.  I don't mind books that go back and forth but I still need some consistency  in the traveling back and forth .  

All in all,  living in that time period would have been very difficult and if you were in the business of moonshine, making or running it,  it was a dangerous time.

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