In the backwoods of Ohio, Willard Russell’s wife is succumbing to cancer, no matter how much he drinks, prays, or sacrifices animals at his prayer log. Meanwhile, his son Arvin is growing up, from a kid bullied at school into a man who knows when to take action. Around them swirl a nefarious cast of characters—a demented team of serial killers, a spider-eating preacher, and a corrupt local sheriff—all braided into a riveting narrative of the grittiest American grain.
Brutally creative. . . . Pollock knows how to dunk readers into a scene and when to pull them out gasping. --
The New York Times Book Review
“Fulfills the promise in [Knockemstiff]. . . . Invites comparisons to Flannery O’Connor and Raymond Carver.” –
USA Today
Finely woven. . . . [A] throat-stomping Appalachian crime story. –
GQ
“For fans of No Country for Old Men . . . sure to give you goose bumps.” —
Details
Should cement Pollock's reputation as a significant voice in American fiction. —
Los Angeles Times
Will have you on the edge of your seat. —
Christian Science Monitor
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