Phil and George are brothers, more than partners, joint owners of the biggest ra
nch 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. Phil is a vicious sadist, with a seething contempt for
weakness to match his thirst for dominance; George has a gentle, loving soul. T
hey sleep in the room they shared as boys, and so it has been for forty years. W
hen George unexpectedly marries a young widow and brings her to live at the ranc
h, Phil begins an relentless campaign to destroy his brother's new wife. But he
reckons without an unlikely protector. From its visceral first paragraph to its
devastating twist of an ending, The Power of the Dog will hold you in its grip.
