The Reivers Author:Williams Faulkner This grand misadventure is the story of three unlikely thieves, or reivers: 11-year old Lucius Priest and two of his family retainers, Boon Hogganbeck and Ned the coachman. In 1905, these three set out from Mississippi for Memphis in a motorcar stolen from Lucius' grandfather. Ill equipped for the journey itself, they are even less prepared for ... more »the fast life of Memphis- from racehorses to bawdy houses. The astonishing and complicated results reveal Faulkner as a master of the picaresque.« less