Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin (1995)

This heartbreaking novel from award-winning Mississippi writer Lewis Nordan is a meditation upon guns and love. One fateful day in the Delta town of Arrow Catcher, a sweet, simple boy tries his hand at sharpshooting and blows away a young couple committing a robbery at the country store. This acclaimed narrative looks at all kinds of love--and the loss that accompanies our modern infatuation with guns.