Author(s): Davis Grubb

Crime & Thriller

A rediscovered diabolical slice of great American noir'What kind of a man would have his fingers tattooed that way? ... What kind of a man? What kind of a preacher?'One of the great chase novels, The Night of the Hunter centres on the ferocious, unforgettable figure of Preacher, a psychopath who relentlessly pursues two children who may or may not know the secret of where the money from a bank raid is hidden.Set in a brilliantly rendered Depression-era American river town, Grubb's novel is both a study of innocence and evil and a savage picture of human failings as, one by one, the adults who have it in their power to protect the children fall for Preacher's wiles.

STAFF REVIEW

Southern Noir masterpiece that influenced everyone from Cormac McCarthy to Barbra Kingsolver to Nick Cave. 

Eerie, poetic, atmospheric and thrilling story of two kids on the run from the embodiment of evil.

Made into the classic Robert Mitchum movie!

—Jon from Coventry Bookstore