«The Town» is the second novel in William Faulkner’s trilogy «The Hamlet», «The Town», «The Mansion», which reveals the tragic twilight of the American South’s aristocracy. Members of old, privileged families face a cruel choice: to cling to former notions of honor and fall into poverty, or to renounce the past and join the world of rapidly enriched nouveau riche.
Unrelenting and calculating Flem Snopes managed to amass a fortune, acquire the appearance of respectability, and secure a prominent place in society. But soon he is destined not only to observe—it is his fate to be drawn into the drama of great love, agonizing jealousy, and all-consuming, destructive passions…