by William Faulkner

Lucas Beauchamp of GO DOWN, MOSES reappears in INTRUDER IN THE DUST. Beauchamp has been accused of murdering a white man, Vinson Gowrie. To save Lucas from lynching, it is up to Chick Mallison, with the help of an old woman and a small boy, to find the real murderer. Faulkner's novel was made into an acclaimed motion picture in 1949.