The Wettest County in the World, or Lawless

A Novel Based on a True Story

By: Matt Bondurant

Narrated by: Erik Steele

Now a Major Motion Picture, Lawless, starring Tom Hardy and Shia LaBeouf.

Based on the true story of his grandfather and two granduncles, Matt Bondurant's novel is a gripping tale of brotherhood, greed, and murder.

The Bondurant Boys were a notorious gang of roughnecks and moonshiners who ran liquor through Franklin County during Prohibition and after. The brothers played a central role in a major conspiracy trial and its violent end. In 1935, Sherwood Anderson, working on a magazine story, finds himself driving along the dusty red roads trying to find the brothers and break the silence that shrouds Franklin County.

In vivid, muscular prose, Matt Bondurant brings these men - their dark deeds, their long silences, their deep desires - to life. His understanding of the passion, violence, and desperation at the center of this world is both heartbreaking and magnificent.

©2008 Matt Bondurant (P)2008 BBC Audio

Critic reviews

"Bondurant endows this gritty story with all the puzzle-solving satisfactions of a mystery. It's a gripping, relentless tale, delivered in no-nonsense prose." ( Publishers Weekly)

For Once

Would you listen to The Wettest County in the World, or Lawless again? Why?

A movie that was better than the book. The screen adaptation was an easier version to follow and enriched the characters far better than the book.

10/10 story of the past

first book I've read after a movie and 10/10 story and writing couldn't be better

enjoyed the book

not bad, i had some trouble following the author. skipped around a bit. very interesting.

One of the best stories of all time!

Excellent story. I have read the book and listened to the audible version. The audible version really brings it to life!

Grate story can't get enough

I've listened too this book 4 times already love the narrator puts you in the moment.