By Thomas Savage
July 13, 2023
Phil and George are brothers and joint owners of the biggest ranch in their Montana valley. Phil is the bright one, George the plodder. Phil is tall and angular, George is stocky and silent. Phil is a brilliant chess player, a voracious reader, an eloquent storyteller, George learns slowly, and devotes himself to the business. They sleep in the same room they shared as boys, and so it has been for forty years.
When George unexpectedly marries a young widow and brings her to live at the ranch, Phil begins a relentless campaign to destroy his brother’s new wife. But he fails to reckon with an unlikely protector.
