Bondurant's grandfather Jack and grand-uncles Forrest and Howard are the main characters in this novel set during the Depression and Prohibition in rural Virginia.
In 2009, director John Hillcoat was developing a film of the same name based on Bondurant's novel, with a script by Nick Cave, and starring Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy and Jessica Chastain.
[1][2] An independent studio called Annapurna Pictures (based in Los Angeles) revived the project later that year and began filming in late February 2011.
Starring Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Guy Pearce, Gary Oldman, Mia Wasikowska, and Jessica Chastain.
[5] Reviewing the novel for Entertainment Weekly, Jennifer Reese said it was "somber, engrossing", and that Bondurant was "wonderful at evoking historical atmosphere," including "drunken gatherings that explode into shattering violence.