Knockemstiff

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<p>Blunt, brutal, but infused with a deep sympathy,<i>Knockemstiff</i>is a pitch-dark and hilarious collection of stories set in a tiny town in Southern Ohio.</p><p>The youth of Knockemstiff grow up in the malignant shadow of their parents; raised on abuse, alcohol, drugs and cigarettes, they are stunted in every possible way: emotionally, mentally, sometimes physically. They talk a lot about escape but they never so much as cross the county line.</p>

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<p>Donald Ray Pollock, recipient of the 2009 PEN/Bingham Fellowship, made his literary debut in 2008 with the critically acclaimed short-story collection<i>Knockemstiff</i>, which was followed by the novel,<i>The Devil All the Time</i>. He worked as a labourer at the Mead Paper Mill in Chillicothe, Ohio, from 1973 to 2005.</p><p>www.donaldraypollock.com</p>

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