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A debut collection of terrifying, darkly funny stories concerning the drugaddled, beatendown inhabitants of a southern ohio holler called knockemstiff. Donald ray pollocks fiction explores a certain bleak undercurrent of american society. To say author donald ray pollock s first book, knockemstiff, is gritty is like calling antarctica chilly. In this unforgettable work of fiction, donald ray pollock peers into the soul of a tough midwestern american town to reveal the sad, stunted but resilient lives of its residents. When he witnesses an act of sexual transgression by the pond, things start swirling around inside him like a storm cloud, and knockemstiff is. Interview mit donald ray pollock knockemstiff youtube.
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