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  • Published: 15 April 2016
  • ISBN: 9780804173711
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $34.99

The Winter Family



Noir meets the Western in this hyperkinetic debut novel, which recounts the exploits of the Winter Family band of outlaws over three decades, from its inception in the midst of the Civil War to its final bloody stand in the Oklahoma Territories.

After being court-martialed for their actions during the Civil War, a band of hardened Union soldiers recast themselves as outlaws. Among these twisted men who’ve found brotherhood in battle are a psychopathic killer, a mean, moronic pair of brothers, an impassive ex-slave, a dangerous child prodigy and, at the malevolent center, their cold, stoic leader: Augustus Winter, a man with an almost pathological resistance to society's rules and a preternatural gift for butchery that is matched only by his eerie charisma.
 
From political thuggery during a Chicago election to work as bounty hunters in the deserts of Arizona, Winter and his crew follow a grim, borderland morality that plays out, time and again, in ruthless carnage.

  • Published: 15 April 2016
  • ISBN: 9780804173711
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $34.99

Praise for The Winter Family

  • "Chilling.... A blood-soaked historical western.... The strength of the story is Jackman's vivid portrayal of men who choose violence and lawlessness as their way of life, and the justifications they create to rationalize their immoral behavior. " --Publishers Weekly
  • "Jackman writes well, with great atmosphere....The hard realism and violence, combined with the evocative prose, will intrigue readers of Cormac McCarthy and James Lee Burke." --Booklist