In the rich Southern tradition that includes Cormac McCarthy, Provinces of Night is a mesmerizing novel of violence and redemption set in the hills of Tennessee from the award-winning author of The Long Home.It’s 1952. Thirty years before, E.F. Bloodworth gunned down a deputy and commenced a vagrant’s life of itinerant banjo picking, but he’s finally coming home. Two of his sons live brutal alcoholic lives elsewhere, and the third is bent on keeping E.F. from seeing the wife he abandoned. Only Fleming, E.F.’s grandson, is pleased to have the old man home, but Fleming’s own life is about to be dismantled by the dangerously beautiful Raven Lee Halfacre. “An extremely seductive read.”–The Washington Post Book World “Gay is unafraid to tackle the biggest of the big themes, nor does he shy away from the grand gesture that makes those themes manifest.”–The New York Times Book Review“There is much to admire here: breathtaking, evocative writing and a dark, sardonic humor.”–USA Today