Terry Southern bol kľúčovou postavou americkej literárnej scény, preslávený svojim jedinečným satirickým štýlom, ktorý ovplyvnil niekoľko generácií. Jeho diela, často temné a absurdné, prenikali do hĺbky spoločenských absurdistov s prenikavou ostrosťou. Southern nebol len spisovateľom, ale aj vplyvným scenáristom, ktorého práca pomohla formovať nezávislý filmový prúd. Jeho schopnosť majstrovsky zachytiť podstatu doby a ľudskej povahy z neho robí nezabudnuteľného autora.
"Guy Grand is the last of the big spenders, an eccentric billionaire determined to create disorder and willing to pay anything to prove his theory that there is nothing so degrading that someone won't do it for money. Guy Grand leads a life full of madcap schemes and practical jokes, all showing that everyone has their price and that he is willing to pay it."--Back cover.
In Texas during the 1950s, twelve-year-old Harold Stevens spends his summer catfishing and hunting with his closest friend C.K., a twenty-three-year-old Black man who introduces Harold to Old Nail--an ex-con involved in deadly rituals