The Tilted World

A Novel

By: Tom Franklin, Beth Ann Fennelly

Narrated by: Brian D'Arcy James

Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins

Publisher's summary

Set against the backdrop of the historic flooding of the Mississippi River, The Tilted World is an extraordinary tale of murder and moonshine, sandbagging and saboteurs, and a man and a woman who find unexpected love, from Tom Franklin, the acclaimed author of the New York Times best-seller Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter, and award-winning poet Beth Ann Fennelly.

The year is 1927. As rains swell the Mississippi, the mighty river threatens to burst its banks and engulf everything in its path, including federal revenue agent Ted Ingersoll and his partner, Ham Johnson. Arriving in the tiny hamlet of Hobnob, Mississippi, to investigate the disappearance of two fellow agents who'd been on the trail of a local bootlegger, they are astonished to find a baby boy abandoned in the middle of a crime scene.

Ingersoll, an orphan raised by nuns, is determined to find the infant a home, and his search leads him to Dixie Clay Holliver. A strong woman married too young to a philandering charmer, Dixie Clay has lost a child to illness and is powerless to resist this second chance at motherhood. From the moment they meet, Ingersoll and Dixie Clay are drawn to each other. He has no idea that she's the best bootlegger in the county and may be connected to the agents' disappearance. And while he seems kind and gentle, Dixie Clay knows full well that he is an enemy who can never be trusted.

When Ingersoll learns that a saboteur might be among them, planning a catastrophe along the river that would wreak havoc in Hobnob, he knows that he and Dixie Clay will face challenges and choices that they will be fortunate to survive. Written with extraordinary insight and tenderness, The Tilted World is that rarest of creations, a story of seemingly ordinary people who find hope and deliverance where they least expect it - in each other.

©2013 Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly (P)2013 HarperCollins Publishers

history romance and family all rolled into one

so glad I decided to listen to this book period after trying to get a hold of a hard copy for my book group I found I could download the audible. The performance and the story will greatly enhance because of this. the story is history and human struggle all rolled together. Recommend this for everyone period apart of their history few of us know.

Two listens

I had to listen to it twice just to make sure I got everything. Excellent story, characters, everything!

I really liked this book.

Very enjoyable and informative, it’s about a time and event I knew nothing about, but now do!

Great period piece

I lived Crooked Letter by Franklin, so I gave this one a whirl. Wow. A likeable group of characters. Even the antagonist was likeable for a while.

I love the true life backdrop of the great flood of the twenties and how it's intertwined to the story. A great listen.

Awesome

This is my favorite book of the year… there wasn’t any part of the story that I didn’t like and I was completely immersed in the telling of it… Tom Franklin has become my guy having read Crooked Letter Crooked Letter and loving it too. I hope he continues and I will read anything he writes…

Really enjoyed this one!

If you could sum up The Tilted World in three words, what would they be?

Tragic, fast paced and entertaining

Who was your favorite character and why?

Ham - he is witty and so funny!

Have you listened to any of Brian D'Arcy James’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No, but i plan to look for more. He was excellent.

I really enjoyed this book!

I had to read this for my comp class. I love the twists and turns of the Mississppi and moonshine.

Disliked but kept trying!

Every now and then this book would keep me interested. But overall, it was depressing and made me nervous. I finally gave up right in the middle of a sentence and started looking for something else!