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Knockemstiff by Donald Ray Pollock is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Amazon.com ReviewAmazon Significant Seven, March 2008: A quick Internet search for "Knockemstiff, Ohio" reveals a lazy nexus of shabby houses and dirt roads in southern Ohio, lacking a post office and grocery store, but rich in legends of epic fistfights and swamp-dwelling ghosts. Donald Ray Pollock, a native of this "ghost town," populates his own Knockemstiff with living revenants: huffers, murderers, sex fiends, and their hapless (though not innocent) victims, all tethered to the woebegone "holler" by their own self-inflicted shortcomings and depravities. Pollock pulls no punches--his prose is blunt and visceral, as well as stylish and skilled--and reading these mini grand guignols can be like crunching on a mouthful of your own broken teeth. He resists casting judgment (or sympathy) on his doomed reprobates; predator or prey (or sometimes both), Pollock contemplates his characters with all the warmth of a "frozen bleach bottle." It's an astonishing debut. --Jon Foro From Publishers WeeklyA native of Knockemstiff, Ohio, Pollock delivers poignant and raunchy accounts of his hometown's sad and stagnant residents in his debut story collection that may remind readers of its themati

Who reads Knockemstiff?

Author

Donald Ray Pollock

Publisher

Anchor

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780385525404

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Short Stories

Rating

3.97 / 5 (5,235 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13