The author of the celebrated novel Winter's Bone -- which became an Academy Award-nominated film -- brings us 12 timeless tales of those on the fringes of society.

Daniel Woodrell is able to lend uncanny logic to harsh, even criminal, behavior in his wrenching first collection of short fiction. Desperation--both material and psychological--motivates his characters.

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 othe

Five of Daniel Woodrell's eight published novels were selected as New York Times Notable Books of the Year. Tomato Red won the PEN West Award for the Novel in 1999. Woodrell lives in the Ozarks near the Arkansas line with his wife, Katie Estill.

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