Publisher's Synopsis
The new novel by the Pulitzer Prize Winning author of THE SHIPPING NEWS In her finest novel to date Annie Proulx introduces the unforgettable Bob Dollar, a man who is trying to make good in a bad world. Displaying her wit and powerful compassion, she has created one of the most irresistible characters in contemporary fiction. Folks in Texas do not like hog farms. But Bob Dollar is determined to see his new job as hog site scout through to the end. He is looking for his big break in Woolybucket, a town whose fiercely idiosyncratic inhabitants have ridden out anything from tornadoes and dust storms to the discovery and demise of the oil wells. As Bob settles in at Woolybucket, he is forced to question everything.
