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Set in depressionera franklin county, virginia, a trio of bootlegging brothers are threatened by a new special deputy and other authorities angling for a cut of their profits. The film lawless 2012, directed by john hillcoat, is based on the book with a screenplay by nick cave. It includes the daytoday activities, works, office, entertainment, and a lot more. Author matt bondurant, a fairfax county native and mount vernon high school graduate. His books have been translated into fourteen languages worldwide, and he is a former john gardner fellow in fiction at bread loaf, kingsbury fellow at florida state, and walter e. Based on the true story of matt bondurants grandfather and two granduncles, the wettest county in the world is a gripping tale of brotherhood, greed, and murder. His familys ancestral home was in franklin county, virginia. See all books authored by matt bondurant, including the wettest county in the world. Matt bondurant, born in 1971, is an american novelist. Estranged from his wife and adult daughter, he spends his days and nights lost in translation constantly working and reworking the riddles inscribed on ancient funereal stones. With tom hardy, shia labeouf, guy pearce, jason clarke.
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