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A powerful, menacing novel from the New York Times bestselling author Ron Rash. Vivid and unsettling, The World Made Straight is a powerful exploration of the secrets that bind us together and drive us apart.

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Summer in Madison County. Seventeen-year-old Travis Shelton cannot see a way out of his small town - until he discovers a grove of marijuana in the woods that could make him some serious money.

But Travis has stumbled across more than drugs. His discovery is the first unwitting step in a journey back to the savage violence and betrayal festering in the community´s past, and to the corruption in its present.

Vivid and unsettling, The World Made Straight is a powerful exploration of the secrets that bind us together and drive us apart.

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Compelling . . . Rash manages to convince you right from the first page that his characters and his story are going to matter to you NICK HORNBY

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Ron Rash is an award-winning poet, short-story writer and novelist. His novels include The Cove, The World Made Straight and New York Times bestseller and 2009 PEN/Faulkner finalist, Serena, now a major motion picture. He is also the author of several short story collections including Nothing Gold Can Stay, Burning Bright, winner of the 2010 Frank O´Connor International Short Story Award, and Chemistry and Other Stories, a finalist for the 2008 PEN/Faulkner Award. He lives in the Appalachian Mountains, USA.

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