The Reivers The Reivers is the last completed work by William Faulkner, who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949. A comic masterpiece, it combines Faulkners rich language and pithy wit with his masters eye for detail and timing. When an eleven-year-old boy and his familys black handyman steal the grandfathers enormous touring car, they embark on ... more »a journey that takes them through the Mississippi countryside toward the tantalizing lights of Memphis. On their innocent odyssey, they meet an unforgettable cast of eccentrics, bootleggers, race horses and ladies of the night. This whimsical novel is an essential choice from Faulkners body of work. But it is also a wonderful coming-of-age story. When the boy finally arrives home, only six days older, but years wiser, he has learned what it means to be an adventurer and a gentleman.« less