Arkansas
By John Brandon
2008
First Published
3.72
Average Rating
230
Number of Pages
Arkansas is a biting first novel full of wet T-shirt contests, illicit drugs, and cross-country road trips. There are the the dappled grounds, the aimless yardwork, the hours in the booth giving directions to families in SUVs. And then there are the crisscrossing the South with illicit goods, the shifty deals in dingy trailers, the vague orders from a boss they've never met. Before Kyle and Swin can recognize how close to paradise they are in this neglected state park in southern Arkansas, the lazy peace is shattered with a shot. Night blends into day. Dead bodies. Crooked superiors. Suspicious associates. It's on-the-job training, with no time for slow learning, bad judgment, or foul luck.
Avg Rating
3.72
Number of Ratings
1,108
5 STARS
22%
4 STARS
40%
3 STARS
29%
2 STARS
7%
1 STARS
2%
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Author
John Brandon
Author · 6 books
Although John Brandon is an MFA graduate of the writing program at Washington University in St. Louis, while drafting the novel Arkansas, he "worked at a lumber mill, a windshield warehouse, a Coca-Cola distributor, and several small factories producing goods made of rubber and plastic." In his spare time, he obsesses over Florida Gators football.
