An instant New York Times bestseller literally changed my outlook on the world incredible. Shonda Rhimes ""The Barn is serious history and skillful journalism, but with the nuance and wallop of a finely wrought novel The Barn describes not just the poison of silence and lies, but also the dignity of courage and truth. The Washington Post The most brutal, layered, and absolutely beautiful book about Mississippi, and really how the world conspired with the best and worst parts of Mississippi, I will ever read Reporting and reckoning can get no better, or more important, than this. Kiese Laymon An incredible history of a crime that changed America. John Grisham ""With integrity, and soul, Thompson unearths the terrible how and why, carrying us back and forth through time, deep in Mississippi baring, sweat, soil, and heart all the way through. Imani Perry A shocking and revelatory account of the murder of Emmett Till that lays bare how forces from around the world converged on the Mississippi Delta in the long lead-up to the crime, and how the truth was erased for so long Wright Thompsons family farm in Mississippi is 23 miles from the site of one of the most notorious and consequential killings…