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Dans la colère du fleuve

par Tom Franklin, Beth Ann Fennelly

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Set against the backdrop of the

historic flooding of the Mississippi River,

The Tilted World is an extraordinary tale of murder and moonshine, sandbagging and saboteurs, and a man and a woman who find unexpected love, from Tom Franklin, the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, and award-winning

poet Beth Ann Fennelly

The year is 1927. As rains swell the Mississippi, the mighty river threatens to burst its banks and engulf everything in its path, including federal revenue agent Ted Ingersoll and his partner, Ham Johnson. Arriving in the tiny hamlet of Hobnob, Mississippi, to investigate the disappearance of two fellow agents who'd been on the trail of a local bootlegger, they are astonished to find a baby boy abandoned in the middle of a crime scene.

Ingersoll, an orphan raised by nuns, is determined to find the infant a home, and his search leads him to Dixie Clay Holliver. A strong woman married too young to a philandering charmer, Dixie Clay has lost a child to illness and is powerless to resist this second chance at motherhood. From the moment they meet, Ingersoll and Dixie Clay are drawn to each other. He has no idea that she's the best bootlegger in the county and may be connected to the agents' disappearance. And while he seems kind and gentle, Dixie Clay knows full well that he is an enemy who can never be trusted.

When Ingersoll learns that a saboteur might be among them, planning a catastrophe along the river that would wreak havoc in Hobnob, he knows that he and Dixie Clay will face challenges and choices that they will be fortunate to survive. Written with extraordinary insight and tenderness, The Tilted World is that rarest of creations, a story of seemingly ordinary people who find hope and deliverance where they least expect itâ??in each other.… (plus d'informations)

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    POUR QUELQUES GOUTTES D'ALCOOL par Matt Bondurant (BookshelfMonstrosity)
    BookshelfMonstrosity: Although The Tilted World depicts the 1927 Mississippi Delta and The Wettest County in the World is set in Virginia during the Great Depression, both dramatic, suspenseful, and gritty novels feature close-knit clans bound together by the family business: moonshine.… (plus d'informations)
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A nice, sweet love story. The two main characters have many obstacles which should keep them from finding love. But nothing can keep them apart, love will find a way. ( )
  kevinkevbo | Jul 14, 2023 |
The Tilted World is a collaborative effort between Tom Franklin, the masterful author of [b:Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter|7948230|Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter|Tom Franklin|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1292689648s/7948230.jpg|11552215], and his wife Beth Ann Fennelly. The plot plays out against the backdrop of the 1927 Great Flood of the Mississippi River, in which 27,000 miles were inundated and hundreds of lives were lost.

Dixie Clay (okay, I admit that I loved that name) is a bootlegger. She distills the best hooch in the state while her charming husband, Jesse, conducts PR and sells. Ingersoll is a veteran of the Great War who has drifted into being a top-notch revenuer. Dixie Clay’s still is the one he is especially tasked to find and she is the key to finding out what happened to the last two revenuers sent to Hobnob to investigate. Ingersoll and Dixie Clay ought to be automatic enemies, but there is the matter of the husband who is the definition of bad and a baby whose welfare becomes a priority for them both.

The characters are well-drawn, and there are moments of brilliant writing with a plot that makes you smile and grimace in equal shares. But, the bad guy is just a little too senselessly bad. I know greed and ambition can make monsters, but this was a little over-the-top. The end was just a little too neatly tied for my tastes and totally lacked surprises. And, try to imagine finding one individual, of whom you had no idea of their whereabouts, at the height of the Katrina floods. The proverbial needle in the haystack. Sorry, but it would not be easy or quick.

So, a book that felt like a 4.5 star read three-quarters of the way in, turned out to be just a 3.0 by the end. It bears saying that Tom Franklin can write amazing books. Both [b:Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter|7948230|Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter|Tom Franklin|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1292689648s/7948230.jpg|11552215] and [b:Hell at the Breech|214340|Hell at the Breech|Tom Franklin|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1332556246s/214340.jpg|207505] were raw and realistic and moving. Both had much deeper issues being explored and both left me wanting more. I failed to find any deeper issues to contemplate here, which might account for why I felt disappointed when I closed the cover on this one. ( )
  mattorsara | Aug 11, 2022 |
Such a beautiful story, a love story between a revenue agent and a bootlegger. I borrowed the book from the library, but I also had the audio version with the plan of listening at work and read at home. But, I ended up listening to the book since the narrator (Brian D'Arcy James) and the story worked so well together. I just love listening to a great book that becomes even greater with the right narrator.

As for the story. I love reading stories set in the 20s, and in this case, the story takes place in 1927 and the Mississippi is about to flood. Two revenue agents have disappeared in the little town of Hobnob and now federal revenue agent Ted Ingersoll and his partner, Ham Johnson has been sent to find out what happened to them. Meanwhile, Dixie Clay is worried that her husband is involved with the revenue agents disappearance.

The Tilted World is my very first Tom Franklin (and Beth Ann Fennelly) book, but I have Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin at home and I plan to read it. I quite liked The Tilted World, the writing, the story, and the characters were great. And the addition of the baby that Ted Ingersoll found and tried to find a good home to was a wonderful addition to the story. ( )
  MaraBlaise | Jul 23, 2022 |
adult historic fiction; murder and intrigue during the 1927 Great Flooding of Mississippi R. ( )
  reader1009 | Jul 3, 2021 |
Es regnet seit Monaten im Süden der USA und der Mississippi droht über die Ufer zu treten.
„…und dann hörten sie wieder nur den Regen, dessen Rauschen für sie in den letzten Monaten gleichbedeutend mit Stille geworden war.“
Die Prohibitionsagenten Ingersoll und Ham wurden von Handelsminister Herbert Hoover, der sich anschickt der nächste Präsident zu werden, in den kleinen Ort Hobnob gesandt, um nach zwei verschollenen Kollegen zu suchen. Auf dem Weg dorthin finden sie bei einem Laden einige Tote und ein schreiendes Baby. Ingersoll will das Kind nicht zurücklassen und übergibt es dann einer jungen Frau namens Dixie Clay Holliver. Die beiden finden sich sympathisch. Sie ahnen aber nicht, welcher Profession der jeweils andere nachgeht.
Beth Ann Fennelly und Tom Franklin erzählen eine Geschichte um die Große Flut von 1927, welche als die schlimmste Naturkatastrophe der Geschichte der USA gilt. Der Erzählstil ist bildhaft, atmosphärisch dicht und sehr packend.
„Der Regen, der auf Hobnob niedergegangen war wie Peitschenhiebe, hatte nachgelassen und bestand jetzt nur noch aus dicken Tropfen, die aus dem ölig glänzenden Laub der Bäume fielen.“
Die Dämme drohen zu brechen und die Menschen versuchen mit aller Kraft, das zu verhindern.
Dixie Clay lernte den Pelzhändler Jesse Holliver kennen, als sie dreizehn war, heiratet ihn mit sechszehn und folgt ihm nach Hobnob. Jesse ist ein Filou und kennt Gott und die Welt. Dixie Clay sieht lange nicht – oder sie will es nicht sehen -, was für Geschäfte Jesse betreibt. Dann übernimmt sie die Schwarzbrennerei und Jesse kümmert sich um den Verkauf. Sie sieht ihren Mann selten und als ihr Ingersoll das Baby übergibt, ist sie gleich verleibt in den Kleinen. Ingersoll und Ham waren gemeinsam im Krieg und nun sind sie als Prohibitionsagenten tätig. Die beiden ergänzen sich gut, denn Ingersoll ist eher wortkarg und Ham erzählt gerne Geschichten.
Obwohl alle mit dem Schlimmsten rechnen, kann niemand ahnen, auf welche Katastrophe die Menschen zusteuern. Ich habe beim Lesen den unablässigen Regen gehört und mich geängstigt, als die Flut nach dem Dammbruch alles mitgerissen hat, was ihr im Weg war. Der Mississippi wurde zum Meer.
Es ist ein unheimlich packender Roman, der mir sehr gut gefallen hat. ( )
  buecherwurm1310 | May 27, 2021 |
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Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:

Set against the backdrop of the

historic flooding of the Mississippi River,

The Tilted World is an extraordinary tale of murder and moonshine, sandbagging and saboteurs, and a man and a woman who find unexpected love, from Tom Franklin, the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, and award-winning

poet Beth Ann Fennelly

The year is 1927. As rains swell the Mississippi, the mighty river threatens to burst its banks and engulf everything in its path, including federal revenue agent Ted Ingersoll and his partner, Ham Johnson. Arriving in the tiny hamlet of Hobnob, Mississippi, to investigate the disappearance of two fellow agents who'd been on the trail of a local bootlegger, they are astonished to find a baby boy abandoned in the middle of a crime scene.

Ingersoll, an orphan raised by nuns, is determined to find the infant a home, and his search leads him to Dixie Clay Holliver. A strong woman married too young to a philandering charmer, Dixie Clay has lost a child to illness and is powerless to resist this second chance at motherhood. From the moment they meet, Ingersoll and Dixie Clay are drawn to each other. He has no idea that she's the best bootlegger in the county and may be connected to the agents' disappearance. And while he seems kind and gentle, Dixie Clay knows full well that he is an enemy who can never be trusted.

When Ingersoll learns that a saboteur might be among them, planning a catastrophe along the river that would wreak havoc in Hobnob, he knows that he and Dixie Clay will face challenges and choices that they will be fortunate to survive. Written with extraordinary insight and tenderness, The Tilted World is that rarest of creations, a story of seemingly ordinary people who find hope and deliverance where they least expect itâ??in each other.

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