The title hints at the tone, for this is indeed a Southern gothic story, set in Kentucky and focused on a man who would do anything to keep his family together. Offutt's (My Father, the Pornographer, , etc.) first fiction in almost two decades opens in , when Tucker is coming back from the Korean War with 11 medals—and he’s not even On the way home through rural Kentucky he stops a man . "Chris Offutt's work about mountain life earns high praise from other writers, and Country Dark, his return to fiction, is entirely welcome and a pleasure all bltadwin.ru writes so well, with such deep knowledge of the language and people, that Country Dark is likely to be read straight through, no resting places."--Daniel Woodrell, author of Winter's Bone and The Maid's Version/5(). Country Dark is a taut, compelling novel set in rural Kentucky from the Korean War to Tucker, a young veteran, returns from war to work for a bootlegger. He falls in love and starts a family, and while the Tuckers don't have much, they have the love of their home and each other. But when his family is threatened, Tucker is pushed into violence, which changes everything.
Country Dark. Chris Offutt. Pub: Ap. Grove Press. Pre-Order. Summary; Honors; The first novel in twenty years from Chris Offutt, an outstanding literary talent, whose work has been called "lean and brilliant" (New York Times Book Review) and compared by reviewers to Tobias Wolff, Ernest Hemingway, and Raymond Carver. He's been. Country Dark by Chris Offutt is a Grove Press publication. An insane blend of Hardboiled Southern Gothic Noir-"The sky stretched black in every direction. Clouds blocked the stars, lending an unfathomable depth to the air. The tree line was gone and hilltops blended with the black tapestry of night. Chris Offutt's long-awaited return to fiction after nearly two decades, Country Dark is a fierce noir-inflected novel about a good man pushed by circumstance into crime. Chris Offutt is an outstanding literary talent, whose work has been called "lean and brilliant" (New York Times Book Review) and compared by reviewers to Tobias Wolff, Ernest Hemingway, and Raymond Carver.
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