The Mansion is a novel set in the American South in the first half of the twentieth century, which traces the downfall of the Snopes, a powerful post-bellum family who control the town of Jefferson in Mississippi. Focusing on 3 members of the family, Mink, Linda and Flem, it is a tale full of murder and revenge. The Mansion provides a vivid portrait of the South's displaced economic landscape, dealing with rural populism, and racial and social tensions. “One of Faulkner's most sensitive and intensely dramatic creations.” – Kirkus Reviews William Faulkner (1897 – 1962) was an American writer and Nobel Prize laureate from Oxford, Mississippi. He is one of the most celebrated writers in American literature generally and Southern literature specifically. Published by The Reprint Society in 1962. Book is in good condition. Binding intact. With dust jacket.