A dark and riveting vision of America from the award-winning author of Knockemstiff. For fans of No Country for Old Men and Natural Born Killers.
Donald Ray Pollock, recipient of the 2009 PEN/Bingham Fellowship,
made his literary debut in 2008 with the critically acclaimed
short-story collection Knockemstiff. He worked as a labourer at the
Mead Paper Mill in Chillicothe, Ohio, from 1973 to 2005.
www.donaldraypollock.com
Hits you like a telegram from Hell slid under your door at three
o'clock in the morning
*William Gay, Author of Provinces of Night and The Long Home*
Donald Ray Pollock redefines the term 'American Gothic', taking
Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner and turning them up to
11...once you start reading it doesn’t let go
*Herald*
One of the most adventurous and significant writers of our time …
If the Coen Brothers want their next Oscar they should buy the
rights to this book now
*Scotland on Sunday*
Terrifying ... an unsettling masterwork
*GQ*
Superb
*The Times*
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