Tribute to the founders of the genre (3)

Critch is a young con artist who left his family, led by his mother, prostitute by vocation.
He returned a few years later, determined to assert his rights with his father, the biggest landowner of Oklahoma, who built his empire on blood and violence.
He will face his brother Arlie (who has already murdered Boz, the other brother), a serial killer, a suspicious sheriff ...
Violence, corruption, miscegenation, crimes of all kinds, but also some sharp painting America, in this exemplary detective work of Thompson, author of 26 novels translated into French - which is not one to throw.