Jerry Ray Holcomb is a big, mean redneck from Tung, Mississippi, who believes Satan has kept him from being killed or thrown in jail in his criminal endeavors. When Holcomb posts a short tribute to Satan, which boasts of the fun people would have if they stopped honoring Christ and enjoyed a devil-may-care lifestyle, a majority of the people agree. Thus begins a robbing, raping, and killing spree in the dog days of summer, as those who hungered for excess in the past but were cowed by Christian ideology feel set free to plunder and pillage in the little town of Tung. Lorrie Woodson is both...