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Amazon Significant Seven, March 2008: A quick Internet search for "Knockemstiff, Ohio" reveals a lazy nexus of shabby houses and dirt roads in southern Ohio, lacking a post office and grocery store, but rich in legends of epic fistfights and swamp-dwelling ghosts. Donald Ray Pollock, a native of this "ghost town," populates his own Knockemstiff with living revenants: huffers, murderers, sex fiends, and their hapless (though not innocent) victims, all tethered to the woebegone "holler" by their own self-inflicted shortcomings and depravities. Pollock pulls no punches--his prose is blunt and visceral, as well as stylish and skilled--and reading these mini grand guignols can be like crunching on a mouthful of your own broken teeth. He resists casting judgment (or sympathy) on his doomed reprobates; predator or prey (or sometimes both), Pollock contemplates his characters with all the warmth of a "frozen bleach bottle." It's an astonishing debut. --Jon Foro
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[[ASIN:0385523823 Knockemstiff]]
I was initially interested in Donald Ray Pollock's linked story collection "Knockemstiff" because he's a local guy. I also knew that his professors and fellow students at Ohio State University think highly of his work. However, I was unprepared for its power. His stories are intense. Most of the characters are not likable, and the situations are disturbing. If you have any interest in fine storytelling, don't let those facts deter you. This one of the most compelling books I've read in a long time. Some have said they couldn't read it all in one sitting. I couldn't stop reading until I had finished every story. I believe all of the best writers show us the universal in the particular. Donald Ray Pollock does that with this collection. The people of Knockemstiff are everywhere. |
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