One Of Faulkner's comic masterpieces, The Reivers is a picaresque that tells of three unlikely car thieves from rural mississippi. Eleven-year-old lucius priest is persuaded by boon hogganbeck, one of his family's retain...One Of Faulkner's comic masterpieces, The Reivers is a picaresque that tells of three unlikely car thieves from rural mississippi. Eleven-year-old lucius priest is persuaded by boon hogganbeck, one of his family's retainers, to steal His Grandfather's car and make a trip to memphis.