The Wettest County in the World: A Novel Based on a True Story by Matt Bondurant; Unabridged MP3 Audio Book; Narrator Erik Steele

Based on the true story of his grandfather and two granduncles, Matt Bondurant's novel is a gripping tale of brotherhood, greed, and murder. The Bondurant Boys were a notorious gang of roughnecks and moonshiners who ran liquor through Franklin County during Prohibition and after. The brothers played a central role in a major conspiracy trial and its violent end. In 1935, Sherwood Anderson, working on a magazine story, finds himself driving along the dusty red roads trying to find the brothers and break the silence that shrouds Franklin County. In vivid, muscular prose, Matt Bondurant brings these men - their dark deeds, their long silences, their deep desires - to life. His understanding of the passion, violence, and desperation at the center of this world is both heartbreaking and magnificent.

Erik Steele is a professional actor living in New York City, where he has worked On and Off Broadway, and in film. He has toured with the prestigious Acting Company, performing Shakespeare and Sheridan in theatres from Atlanta to Anchorage. He holds an M.F. A. in Acting from New York University and a B.A. from Vassar College.