Thomas Savage - The Power of the Dog. Gift book bound in leather.

"The Power of the Dog" is a dark and poetic story about the life of a small town in the American West in the twenties of the last century.

Brothers Phil and George are the owners of the richest ranch in the Montana Valley, more than partners and more than brothers. Despite their kinship, they look so little like each other. Phil is tall and angular, George is stocky and unflappable.

For many years they shared a room, farmed together and went hunting. But the idyll comes to an end when George secretly marries Rose, a widow with a child and the owner of a local roadside inn. Upon learning about this, Phil decides to destroy their marriage at all costs and return to their former measured life...