Sanctuary Author:William Faulkner Psychologically astute and wonderfully poetic, Sanctuary is a powerful novel examining the nature of true evil, through the prisms of mythology, local lore, and hard-boiled detective fiction. This is the dark, at times brutal, story of the kidnapping of Mississippi debutante Temple Drake, who introduces her own form of venalit... more »y into the Memphis underworld where she is being held.« less
Content warning for violence, alcohol use, and sexual violence. I could not finish it. It's very well written; if you're not sensitive to these topics you may want to read it.