Daniel Woodrell is able to lend uncanny logic to harsh, even criminal, behaviour in his wrenching first collection of short fiction. Desperation - both material and psychological - motivates his characters. A husband cruelly avenges the murder of his wife's pet; an injured rapist is cared for by a young girl, until she reaches breaking point; a disturbed veteran of Iraq is murdered for his erratic behaviour; an outsider's house is set on fire by an angry neighbour.
There is also the tenderness and loyalty of the vulnerable in these stories - between spouses, parents and children, siblings and comrades in arms - which brings the troubled, sorely tested cast of characters to vivid, relatable life.
- ISBN10 0316057568
- ISBN13 9780316057561
- Publish Date 5 October 2011 (first published 1 January 2011)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Little Brown and Company
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 176
- Language English