u003cbu003eNow an award-winning Netflix film by Jane Campion, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst: Thomas Savage's acclaimed Western is "a pitch-perfect evocation of time and place" (u003ciu003eBoston Globeu003c/iu003e) for fans of u003ciu003eEast of Edenu003c/iu003e and u003ciu003eBrokeback Mountainu003c/iu003e. u003c/bu003e u003cpu003e u003cbru003eSet in the wide-open spaces of the American West, u003ciu003eThe Power of the Dogu003c/iu003e is a stunning story of domestic tyranny, brutal masculinity, and thrilling defiance from one of the most powerful and distinctive voices in American literature. The novel tells the story of two brothers -- one magnetic but cruel, the other gentle and quiet -- and of the woman and young boy, mother and son, whose arrival on the brothers' ranch shatters an already tenuous peace. From the novel's startling first paragraph to its very last word, Thomas Savage's voice -- and the intense passion of his characters -- holds readers in thrall. u003cpu003eu003cbu003e"Gripping and powerful...A work of literary art." --Annie Proulx, from her afterwordu003c/bu003e u003cbru003e
