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The World Made Straight

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Plot
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Film adaptation
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{{Infobox book|
| name = The World Made Straight
| image = World made straight.jpg
| author = Ron Rash
| country = United States
| language = English
| genre = Southern Gothic, Bildungsroman
| publisher = Henry Holt
| release_date = April 2006
| media_type = Print (Hardcover)
| pages = 289 (Hardcover edition)
| isbn = 0-8050-7866-5
| isbn_note = (Hardcover edition)
| dewey= 813/.54 22
| congress= PS3568.A698 W67 2006
| oclc= 60824236
}}

The World Made Straight is a 2006 novel by Ron Rash.

Plot

In 1970s western North Carolina, a young man stumbles across a grove of marijuana, sees an opportunity to make some easy money, and steps into the jaws of a bear trap. He is discovered by the ruthless farmer who set the trap to protect his plants, and begins his struggle with the evils of his community’s present as well as those of its history. Before long, he has moved out of his parents' home to live with a onetime schoolteacher who now lives in a trailer outside town, deals a few drugs, and studies journals from the American Civil War. Their fates become entwined as the community's terrible past and corrupt present lead to a violent reckoning with the marijuana farmer and with a Civil War massacre that continues to divide an Appalachian community.^[1]

Characters

Travis Shelton, 17 years old, high school dropout discouraged from bettering himself by his tobacco farmer father.
Leonard Shuler, a former schoolteacher, now small-time drug dealer, whose career was ended by a vindictive student.
Carlton Toomey, a ruthless and wily farmer and drug dealer.
Dena, once a pretty young woman, who has become a heavy drug user.

Release details

2006, USA, Henry Holt {{ISBN|0-8050-7866-5}}, Pub date April 2006, Hardcover

Film adaptation

The novel was adapted into a feature film, with a screenplay by Shane Danielsen. Jeremy Irvine starred as Travis, and Noah Wyle played his mentor Leonard. Adelaide Clemens, Minka Kelly, Steve Earle and Haley Joel Osment were also among the cast. Michael Wrenn and Todd J. Labarowski produced, and producer David Burris made his directorial debut. The film was shot in North Carolina and was released in January 2015.^[2]

Sources, references, external links, quotations

1. ^(adapted from dust jacket)
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2420166/|title=The World Made Straight|date=9 January 2015|publisher=|via=www.imdb.com}}

Book information on the publisher's website
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