Intruder in the Dust Author:William Faulkner Originally published in 1948. Murder and violence rip a southern town when a young boy and an old woman rob a grave in order to reveal the bloody secret that may help save the life of an elderly Negro accused of murdering a white man! — This exciting novel, also filmed as a major motion picture, is one of the most absorbing books yet written by ... more »the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.« less