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The Outlaw Album: Stories

by Daniel Woodrell

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Twelve timeless Ozarkian tales of those on the fringes of society, by a stunningly original (Associated Press) American master.

Daniel Woodrell is able to lend uncanny logic to harsh, even criminal behavior in this wrenching collection of stories. Desperation-both material and psychological--motivates his characters. A husband cruelly avenges the killing of his wife's pet; an injured rapist is cared for by a young girl, until she reaches her breaking point; a disturbed veteran of Iraq is murdered for his erratic behavior; an outsider's house is set on fire by an angry neighbor.

There is also the tenderness and loyalty of the vulnerable in these stories--between spouses, parents and children, siblings, and comrades in arms-which brings the troubled, sorely tested cast of characters to vivid, relatable life. And, as ever, the music coming from Woodrell's banjo cannot be confused with the sounds of any other writer (Donald Harington, Atlanta Journal Constitution).

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"In his eight novels, Woodrell (Winter's Bone) has been doing for his native Missouri Ozarks what William Faulkner did for rural Mississippi: introduce readers to a region whose rural residents are too often summarily dismissed in our American consciousness with simplistic stereotypes. The characters in collection of short fiction, Woodrell's first, lead hard, desperate lives that can erupt into violence and tragedy. Despite the simmering tensions among family members, between friends and neighbors, and, especially, towards strangers, however, the criminals in these 12 tales always maintain a simple code of honor as they seek their own brand of justice against those who've crossed them. A man brutally avenges the shooting of his wife's beloved dog by his snobby neighbor; a rapist is incapacitated and then cared for by a young woman until she realizes he's completely beyond redemption; an outsider's splendid new house is torched by an angry neighbor. Woodrell's spare, brutal prose, a kind of 'country noir,' captures the true essence of a rough little pocket of America's heartland that has yet to be — and may indeed never be — smoothed over. (Oct.)" Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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sandchrls, January 1, 2012 (view all comments by sandchrls)
It might not be as great as his novels, but The Outlaw Album: Stories keeps me hungry for Woodrell's Redneck Noire and more characters you can't find anywhere else in fiction.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780316057561

Author:

Woodrell, Daniel

Publisher:

Little Brown and Company

Subject:

Literature-A to Z

Publication Date:

20111031

Binding:

HARDCOVER

Language:

English

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Product details pages Little Brown and Company - 2012-09-09 English 9780316057561 Reviews:

"Publishers Weekly Review" by Publishers Weekly, "In his eight novels, Woodrell (Winter's Bone) has been doing for his native Missouri Ozarks what William Faulkner did for rural Mississippi: introduce readers to a region whose rural residents are too often summarily dismissed in our American consciousness with simplistic stereotypes. The characters in collection of short fiction, Woodrell's first, lead hard, desperate lives that can erupt into violence and tragedy. Despite the simmering tensions among family members, between friends and neighbors, and, especially, towards strangers, however, the criminals in these 12 tales always maintain a simple code of honor as they seek their own brand of justice against those who've crossed them. A man brutally avenges the shooting of his wife's beloved dog by his snobby neighbor; a rapist is incapacitated and then cared for by a young woman until she realizes he's completely beyond redemption; an outsider's splendid new house is torched by an angry neighbor. Woodrell's spare, brutal prose, a kind of 'country noir,' captures the true essence of a rough little pocket of America's heartland that has yet to be — and may indeed never be — smoothed over. (Oct.)" Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.