SMC Book Club

We are the Kings of All Media. (You should see Vinny High Life's cuneform.) Or, at least, the Kings of Talking About All Media. Though more like a Viscount. By marriage.

Ahem...Announcing the opening title of the SMC Book Club: The Wettest County in the World by Matt Bondurant:

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. White mule, white lightning, firewater, popskull, wild cat, stump whiskey, or rotgut -- whatever you called it, Franklin County was awash in moonshine in the 1920s. When Sherwood Anderson, the journalist and author of Winesburg, Ohio, was covering a story there, he christened it the "wettest county in the world." In the twilight of his career, Anderson finds himself driving along dusty red roads trying to find the Bondurant brothers, piece together the clues linking them to "The Great Franklin County Moonshine Conspiracy," and break open the silence that shrouds Franklin County.

More importantly, it's going to be a movie. A movie about a book about whiskey? Boom! A movie directed by John Hillcoat (The Road) and starring VHL fave Tom Hardy, Guy Pearce, and Gary Oldman. (And Shia LaBeouf, but I told VHL that I wouldn't hold that against the book). Oh, and it's written by none other than Nick Cave (who's also doing the music).

So, read along and let us know what you think. We'll do a book discussion podcast later this summer.