num_pages: 371
description: This is the second volume of Faulkner's trilogy about the Snopes family, his symbol for the grasping, destructive element in the post-bellum South.Like its predecessor The Hamlet and its successor The Mansion, The Town is completely self-contained, but it gains resonance from being read with the other two. The story of Flem Snopes' ruthless struggle to take over the town of Jefferson, Mississippi, the book is rich in typically Faulknerian episodes of humor and of profundity.
language: English
title: The Town
titlecomplete: The Town (The Snopes Trilogy, #2)
genres: American, Historical Fiction, Nobel Prize, Southern, Literary Fiction, Novels, Southern Gothic, Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 1727
places: Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi
series: The Snopes Trilogy
publisher: Vintage