{"product_id":"country-dark-paperback","title":"Country Dark - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Offutt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChris Offutt is an outstanding literary talent, whose work has been called \"lean and brilliant\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) and compared by reviewers to Tobias Wolff, Ernest Hemingway, and Raymond Carver. He's been awarded the Whiting Writers Award for Fiction\/Nonfiction and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Fiction Award, among numerous other honors. His first work of fiction in nearly two decades, \u003ci\u003eCountry Dark\u003c\/i\u003e is a taut, compelling novel set in rural Kentucky from the Korean War to 1970. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTucker, 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. The story of people living off the land and by their wits in a backwoods Kentucky world of shine-runners and laborers whose social codes are every bit as nuanced as the British aristocracy, \u003ci\u003eCountry Dark\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel that blends the best of Larry Brown and James M. Cain, with a noose tightening evermore around a man who just wants to protect those he loves. It reintroduces the vital and absolutely distinct voice of Chris Offutt, a voice we've been missing for years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris Offutt\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the short-story collections \u003ci\u003eKentucky Straight\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOut of the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Good Brother\u003c\/i\u003e, and three memoirs: \u003ci\u003eThe Same River Twice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e No Heroes\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMy Father, the Pornographer\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in\u003ci\u003e Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other places. He has written screenplays for \u003ci\u003eWeeds\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTrue Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTreme\u003c\/i\u003e, and has received fellowships from the Lannan and Guggenheim foundations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42689294434367,"sku":"9780802129338","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/18d256706fce5bf888a3230a70726ad8.webp?v=1764985088","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/country-dark-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}