Publisher's Synopsis
Southern Gothic rags to riches. When the Gristwall boy was born prematurely, he was no bigger than a baking potato, so they called him Spud. His grandparents let him live in the cowshed, when he was good. When he was a bad boy, they made him live under the back porch. The good fairy that brought him riches and his escape from poverty, owned the town and the souls of everyone in it. While Europe suffered under the shadow of Adolf Hitler's Swastika, Taloowa County, Alabama dealt with Spuds benefactor, Rudolf Kitler and the shadow of the Big Yellow Mama. Times were tough; there was the depression, and then came World War II. When Spud found out his boss was not just into vice but eugenics and genocide as well, life went from hard times to deadly dealings.
