HARD TIMES

by Max Porter

My name is Casey Dozer, and I have been working on a horse ranch in the three corners area. That is what they call the area where Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas all meet. I have been working there for the best part of five years. I am on my way home, because I received a telegram from my mother that read, come home. She would never have sent that telegram unless there was a serious problem.Casey comes home to find her missing, and a stranger, claiming ownership of his home. The battle between the two of them has ramifications for Casey that will last for years.

253 pages, Paperback

Published November 8, 2023

About the author

Max Porter’s first novel, Grief Is the Thing with Feathers won the Sunday Times/Peter, Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year, the International Dylan Thomas Prize, the Europese Literatuurprijs and the BAMB Readers’ Award and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Goldsmiths Prize. It has been sold in twenty-nine territories. Complicité and Wayward’s production of Grief Is the Thing with Feathers directed by Enda Walsh and starring Cillian Murphy opened in Dublin in March 2018. Max lives in Bath with his family.

Reviews

[Rick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another action filled story

I enjoyed the story very much especially that it spanned both world wars. The bad guys got what they had coming and the ring leader got his. The story is worth reading and I hope another is ready pretty quickly.