Absalom, Absalom!

''Absalom, Absalom!'' is a Southern Gothic novel by the American author William Faulkner, first published in 1936. Taking place before, during, and after the American Civil War, it is a story about three families of the American South, with a focus on the life of Thomas Sutpen.

''Absalom, Absalom!'', along with ''The Sound and the Fury'', helped Faulkner win the Nobel Prize in Literature for the year 1949. In 2009, a panel of judges called ''Absalom, Absalom!'' the best Southern novel of all time. Provided by Wikipedia