New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - His third novel, and the final novel in the trilogy set in the mythical town of Neely, South Carolina. Narrated by the young Louis Benfield, this is the "convoluted and often tragic history of his own family, from the Civil War to the present day." Dust jacket praise from Reynolds Price, Anne Tyler and many others. 362 pp. ISBN: 0-671-614371.