Bennett Place was once a thriving North Carolina rice plantation, built on the backs of the enslaved. Now, its new owner plans to transform it into a historic landmark celebrating his family heritage. But when human remains are unearthed during construction, a complex chain of events is set in motion bringing together a cast of characters haunted by the region's legacy.
Suspenseful, richly layered, and written with masterful prose, Same River Twice explores the fraught intersections of race and class with stunning acumen. It's a powerful, indelible story about who owns history, who has the right to tell it, and the price of digging up truths that some would prefer to forget. This is Wiley Cash’s most ambitious and accomplished novel yet.