肯特叔叔

　　George is the scapegoat of his classmates. One day he cracks and shoots them. His best and only friend Blaise is accused in his place and sentenced to 7 years in a psychiatric hospital. At the day of his release, Blaise realizes he only has one family: his best friend George. But he does not want to hear about his childhood friend, as he tries to integrate with the "Chivers" a gang whose members wear red jackets and boots, drink milk, drive sport trucks and play an incomprehensible and violent game that mixes cricket and mental arithmetic.

 讲述美国西部在南北战争15年间的多方面扩张及聚居，这段史诗般的旅程充满了危险和阴谋。

 沙漠里流传着一句话：天出血，人死绝。故事发生在旧时代的西北，这样一片沙漠地带，它讲述了一个爱情悲剧故事。年青的问九因乡邻间缺水争执而出逃在外，待回来时，曾与之心心相印的秀秀姑娘已被族叔迎娶，成了他的婶婶。水继续威胁着人们的生存，问九的族叔为富不仁，竟以空手能否从滚开的油锅里捞起铜钱来决定人们在绿洲的去留，他狠毒地骗问九替他捞起铜钱却又暗地加害问九。问九奋起抗争，砍死了族叔，被官府捉捕。牢狱未能囚住问九渴求自由的心。他一次次寻求机会越狱。数十年后，当问九逃出虎口，却又被沙漠里的土匪抓住逼他带路，对秀秀的爱情支撑着问九最后的生命，他再次出逃，挣扎着爬回自己的故乡。但黄沙已无情地吞噬了这里的一切，唯有刻着绿洲村的石柱还未被淹没。问九手抚石柱瞑目在这荒原上。荒原上，彩霞满天。天出血，人死绝。