From the screenwriter of the Oscar-nominated House of Sand and Fog comes a fierce,elegant, page-turner about race, money, and the American Dream.
JW is a small-town banker; his specialty, teaching otherbankers in towns near Indian reservations how to profit from casino depositswithout exposing themselves to risk; his problem, he lost his son in a caraccident a year ago, he''s depressed, his wife is leaving him, and he can''t stopgambling.
When he is caught embezzling funds to support his addiction,JW''s boss offers him a choice: he can either accept responsibility and go toprison or use his talents to sabotage a competing Native American banker namedJohnny Eagle. With the clock ticking, JW moves into a trailer on thereservation within sight of his prey. But as he befriends Eagle and his son, JWfinds that his plan to reclaim his freedom will be more dangerous than he evercould have imagined.
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