Terry Southern byl klíčovou postavou americké literární scény, proslulý svým jedinečným satirickým stylem, který ovlivnil několik generací. Jeho díla, často temná a absurdní, pronikala do hloubky společenských absurdit s pronikavou ostrostí. Southern nebyl jen spisovatelem, ale také vlivným scenáristou, jehož práce pomohla formovat nezávislý filmový proud. Jeho schopnost mistrně zachytit podstatu doby a lidské povahy z něj činí nezapomenutelného autora.
"Guy Grand is the last of the big spenders, an eccentric billionaire determined to create disorder and willing to pay anything to prove his theory that there is nothing so degrading that someone won't do it for money. Guy Grand leads a life full of madcap schemes and practical jokes, all showing that everyone has their price and that he is willing to pay it."--Back cover.
In Texas during the 1950s, twelve-year-old Harold Stevens spends his summer catfishing and hunting with his closest friend C.K., a twenty-three-year-old Black man who introduces Harold to Old Nail--an ex-con involved in deadly rituals