A review by bookbuff1752
The Wettest County in the World: A Novel Based on a True Story by Matt Bondurant

4.0

Based on the true story of Matt Bondurant's grandfather and two granduncles, "The Wettest County in the World" is a gripping tale of brotherhood, greed, and murder. The Bondurant Boys were a notorious gang of roughnecks and moonshiners who ran liquor through Franklin County, Virginia, during Prohibition and in the years after.

The writing is gritty and can be a bit overdone in my view. I don't need three paragraphs of text for me to understand blood and guts and body odor.