An elderly, proud black farmer, Lucas Beauchamp, is wrongfully arrested for the murder of a white man. The lynch mob are baying for his blood. His sole hope lies with a young white boy, bent on repaying an old favour, who with the help of Lucas's cynical lawyer will work to find the truth and hatch a risky plot to prove his innocence.
| ISBN: | 9780099740315 |
| Publication date: | 8th August 1996 |
| Author: | William Faulkner |
| Publisher: | Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 247 pages |
| Series: | Vintage Classics |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Crime and Mystery |