num_pages: 214
description: Will Alexander is the sheriff in a small town in southern Appalachia, and he knows that the local thug Holland Winchester has been murdered. The only thing is the sheriff can find neither the body nor someone to attest to the killing. Simply, almost elementally told through the voices of the sheriff, a local farmer, his beautiful wife, their son, and the sheriff's deputy, One Foot in Eden signals the bellwether arrival of one the most mature and distinctive voices in southern literature.
language: English
title: One Foot in Eden
titlecomplete: One Foot in Eden
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Southern Gothic, Thriller, Southern, Gothic, Crime, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels
ratings_count: 5452
places: South Carolina
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY)
category: Fiction - General (Finalist)
publisher: Picador