Eric Allen (6) (1916–1986)

It's 1962, and Quint Napier is returning to his home in the Florida swamps from a stint in Laos, training people to fight in the early days of the SouthEast Asian wars (though of course the author doesn't know that). Quint has plans to use log the family land and make a good business out of it. But even before he arrives, he meets an attractive young woman on the bus, and it turns out she's married to a man who has been the bane of the family for years, and had Quint's father sent to prison. show more He is also leasing that land from Quint's mother and brother (suffering PTSD since stint in Korea). Lots of blustering and threatening and violence work out. This is good "swamp noir," and the story is well told in fine prose with good characters. show less