—Chicago Tribune
“Woodrell finds poetry in a blood feud…. Readers will respond to his sizzling language, his sure hand with dialogue and his deft characterizations.”
—Al Maginnes, Raleigh News & Observer
Contents
WELCOME
DEDICATION
EPIGRAPH
FOREWORD
CHAPTER 1: THREE FINGER JERKS
CHAPTER 2: THAT BULLHEAD LOOKS TASTY
CHAPTER 3: FLAME LICKS
CHAPTER 4: SPIT STORM
CHAPTER 5: NAMED FOR TRAUMA
CHAPTER 6: COW-PATTIE LINKS
CHAPTER 7: THAT SMELL
CHAPTER 8: SKID MARKS
CHAPTER 9: CAST A GOOMER
CHAPTER 10: BOOGERDOG
CHAPTER 11: BOILED ONION EYES
CHAPTER 12: PEACE IN THE VALLEY
CHAPTER 13: CLAWFOOT WASH
CHAPTER 14: THE PENNIES TELL ALL
CHAPTER 15: MINGLED GREASE BUCKET
CHAPTER 16: ROCKY DROP
CHAPTER 17: SPOT THE SILICONE
CHAPTER 18: HEY, NEIGHBOR
CHAPTER 19: FOR REAL-ISM
CHAPTER 20: SHOOKY BIZNESS
CHAPTER 21: CREAMED CORN AND DESIRE
CHAPTER 22: THIS DREAM MEANS IT
CHAPTER 23: INCAS DRINK FREE
CHAPTER 24: THE POINT OF THE COUNTRY
CHAPTER 25: TUFFY JUST BRISTLES UP AT THAT COLOR MOON
CHAPTER 27: CALL THE TUNE
CHAPTER 28: CLOSING TIME
CHAPTER 29: THE NODS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
READING GROUP GUIDE
HOW MUCH OF THE OZARKS IS IN ME?
QUESTIONS AND TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION
BY DANIEL WOODRELL
PRAISE FOR DANIEL WOODRELL’S GIVE US A KISS
COPYRIGHT
Copyright
The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.
Copyright © 1996 by Daniel Woodrell
Foreword copyright © 2012 by Pinckney Benedict
Reading group guide copyright © 2012 by Daniel Woodrell and Little, Brown and Company
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