Summary Of The Whiskey Baron By John Sealy

The Whiskey Baron is a novel written by Jon Sealy and can be identified as Southern Literature. Jon Sealy’s Whiskey Baron, however not as unique because it reinforces the same style, as other Southern Literature titles do; but instead a classically hackneyed tale. As the story begins, the reader soon finds themselves discovering two men; who have been shot and lay dead along a countryside road in front of an illegal Whiskey distillery. Furthermore, Sealy introduces two immediate conflicts in the early pages of The Whiskey Baron — the double murder and the unlawfulness surrounding local baron, Larthan Tull. However, what puts this book into a category of its own was the details, and characterization; used by Sealy. The novel unfolds in a

However, Jon Sealy’s Southern Gothic villain, ignites interest because of Sealy’s genius portrayal of his inevitable corruption. While two federal agents make the trip to Castle County to try and aid in solving the murders; they question Tull about the rumors that the two men shot dead, may have been running a competitor’s whiskey into the neighboring state of North Carolina. Upon learning this, it was suspected that Tull went out of his way to engage in revenge! Tull, assures the men that these occurrences are a mere coincidence, therefore he had nothing to do with either one. Getting no more information from Tull, the officers soon depart. While Sealy, lingers between the lines on the page as he provides omniscient insight, much like he will do throughout the book. “Tull watched them from the window and grinned. This was what he lived for, life under the American rug. Yes, coincidence does indeed run the world. It explains why one man ends up behind a bar while another ends up in front of it. Why one man makes liquor, another man drinks it, and a third altogether tries to put a stop to the operation. Coincidence explained how Tull wound up here, snarling behind a cigar and smug in the knowledge that the two federal agents couldn’t do a thing to him. The knowledge that he was above the law.” (Sealy/ pg…) Tull remains a character whom is largely defined by his innate