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Jan 28, 2018 donald ray pollock is an american writer. But reading pollock can be surreal if you grew up a mile down the road from him in knockemstiff, ohio, and knew him as dusty back when he was a highschool classmate who goofed off and dropped out. The thing is that you need to replace the bags every couple of. Apr 12, 2008 knockemstiff writer pulls no punches in donald ray pollocks first book named after a real town in southern ohio characters are unloveable and raunchy but compelling. Perhaps this one from the collections opening story, real life, which starts, my father showed me how to hurt a man one august night at the torch drivein when i was seven years old. Where all light tends to go is an outstanding debut and a fine addition to the country noir vein of southern literature. Three brothers journey of violence and mayhem is delivered with both humour and brutal honesty in donald ray pollocks historical novel the daily mail, by john harding donald ray pollocks brilliant western is an earthy, raunchy read dickensian in its rogues gallery of oddball characters.
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