Broke, tired, hungry, and out of options, Ray and Johnny, two ordinary American men struggling to survive the Great Depression, join forces and start robbing banks. Focusing solely on banks located close to a border of state, the two men and their gang become known across the South as the State-Line Gang. As close as brothers, Ray and Johnny seem on the road to becoming folk heroes who rob the rich to give to the poor. Then a robbery goes horribly wrong, rivalries develop, and suddenly their lives take a dark, bloody, and violently vengeful turn. Bayou follows their downward spiral in forthright honest language , replete with violence, death, racist taunts, death, revenge, and love. Unique and powerfully honest, Bayou is a must read for fans of historical fiction and Southern grit lit.
