What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

Helping my husband find a book that he can't remember:

i think the story was based around the relationship between a farmer
and his worker/servant/slave.

At first the farmer doesnt trust his worker and treats him like shit
and might not even speak to him but by the end they develop a
relationship to the point they go hunting together.

At the end of the story they are going hunting and the worker has to
ride in the bed of a truck while the farmer drives. I think the worker
is standing up either pointing stuff out or just looking around and
they hit a bump in the road and a shotgun in the cab of the trucks
goes off killing the worker in the back.

anyone know?

Any idea when it was published? Fiction, nonfiction? Novel or short story? When was it set?

Jen hasn't been active since posting this thread. I'm moving this down to Abandoned