Set on the Minnesota prairies in 1987, during a drought season that is not helping the demise of the family farms, the story features two intertwining narrators, a father searching for answers after his son commits a heinous murder, and a pastorand#39;s wife who has returned to the town for mysterious reasons of her own. A penetrating look at small-town America, reminiscent of Russell Banksand#39; Sweet Hereafter or Affliction, driven by a powerful murder mystery, Little Wolves is a page-turning literary triumph.