num_pages: 368
description: Now a major motion picture starring Nicolas Cage, directed by David Gordon Green. Joe Ransom is a hard-drinking ex-con pushing fifty who just won’t slow down--not in his pickup, not with a gun, and certainly not with women. Gary Jones estimates his own age to be about fifteen. Born luckless, he is the son of a hopeless, homeless wandering family, and he’s desperate for a way out. When their paths cross, Joe offers him a chance just as his own chances have dwindled to almost nothing. Together they follow a twisting map to redemption--or ruin.
language: English
title: Joe
titlecomplete: Joe
characters: Joe Ransom
genres: Literature, Crime, American, Literary Fiction, Novels, Southern Gothic, Noir, Southern, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 3301
places: London Hill, Mississippi
publisher: Algonquin Books