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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Dan Woodrell comes from a long line of Ozarkers that stretch back before the Civil War. A high school dropout he joined the marine corps at 17.The military and he saw things differently. A period of post military drifting ended up at the University of Kansas and a Michener fellowship at the Iowa Writers School, where he was definitely the odd man out. His first novel, Under the Bright Lights, used the noir form and bought him high praise and recognition from fellow writers. He has also written two other noir novels featuring the Shade family, Muscle for the Wing and The Ones You Do, the civil war novel, Woe To Live On, the country noir Give Us A Kiss, Tomato Red and Death Of Sweet Mister. He lives in West Plains, Missouri with his wife, the writer, Katie Estill.
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ABOUT THE BOOK

'I was on the drift from California to someplace that didn't have any bench warrants out on me...'

CRITICAL ACCLAIM

'Jane Austen saw far less violence in her world, but move her to South Carolina and you'll get some idea of what Daniel Woodrell is up to' - The Spectator

'Woodrell alternates between reaming the language with a dry corncob and practising a particularly skilful kind of literary cabinetwork. Tongue in cheek (and most other orifices) he celebrates blood kin, home country and hot sex in this rich, funky, headshakingly original novel.' - E Annie Proulx

'Daniel Woodrell is a storyteller of bristling imagination and muscular prose, who uses the poetically profane language of the trailerpark to wicked effect' - Bizarre

'Daniel Woodrell is stone brilliant ... a bayou Dutch Leonard steeped in rich Louisiana language' - James Ellroy

'Daniel Woodrell is one of the most exciting writers I've discovered in a long time' - Val McDermid, Manchester Evening News [read the full review]