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Twelve classic Ozarkian reports of these on the edges of society, with a "strikingly unique" (Associated Press) National master.Daniel Woodrell has the capacity to give uncanny reasoning to severe, perhaps criminal conduct in this wrenching assortment of testimonies. Frustration-both mental and material --inspires his figures. A spouse brutally avenges the killing of his partner's pet; a hurt rapist is cared for by a woman, till she reaches her breaking point; an annoyed expert of Iraq is killed for his unpredictable behaviour; an outsider's home is placed burning by an angry friend. There's also the devotion and pain of the weak in these tales--between parents, partners and children, siblings, and friends in arms-which provides the struggling, sorely tried cast of characters to vibrant, relatable existence.