Light in August By William Faulkner Material:Hard Cover and the continent cruel enough

and the continent cruel enough to deserve his rage

A tense novel from a fast-rising star

author of The Calculating Stars

turns up dead

And the most famous mystery writer in the world just disappeared out of a locked room three days before Christmas

Light in August By William Faulkner Material:Hard Cover and the continent cruel enoughLight in August, a novel that contrasts stark tragedy with hopeful perseverance in the face of mortality, which features some of Faulkners most memorable characters: guileless, dauntless Lena Grove, in search of the father of her unborn child; Reverend Gail Hightower, a lonely outcast haunted by visions of Confederate glory; and Joe Christmas, a desperate, enigmatic drifter consumed by his mixed ancestry.