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The siege of Trencher's farm : the novel that inspired Straw dogs by Gordon M. Williams, Gordon M. Williams is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The siege of Trencher's farm : the novel that inspired Straw dogs about?
The original novel on which Sam Peckinpah's controversial movie Straw Dogs was based, and which has now been made into a brand-new movie by Rod Lurie, starring Alexander Skarsgård and Kate Bosworth - due for release in September 2011. American professor George Magruder, his wife Louise and their daughter rent an old, isolated house known as Trencher's Farm in Cornwall, so George can finish his book. When George accidentally runs over a convicted child killer on the loose from a mental asylum, he confronts the brutal locals and sets in train a series of violent events that threaten his very survival and that of his family.
Who reads The siege of Trencher's farm : the novel that inspired Straw dogs?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Gordon M. Williams, Gordon M. Williams
- Publisher
- Titan Books/Random House, Inc
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780857681195
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thrillers
- Rating
- 3.38 / 5 (209 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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