A powerful novel of conflict, history and shadows from the past...by the bestselling, award-winning author "As I stood there on my front porch that hot, breathless July day, leaning against the column with the six bullet holes, now worn and smooth, I could see Hank's whitewashed marker under the pin oaks in the Holland family cemetery... Four generations of my family were buried there." Hack Holland is a product of the South, both old and new. Hard-drinking ex-POW and wealthy, progressive Democrat, he stands in the long shadow cast by his ancestors. When Holland's candidacy for a congressional seat brings him increasingly into conflict with those around him, his almost unwitting involvement with a violent civil rights conflict forces him to reassess his future - and his past... James Lee Burke is the author of twenty previous novels, including twelve featuring Detective...
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