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1. US Paperback: Knockemstiff (ISBN 9780767928304)
- The publisher is incorrect. According to the title page, it should be Anchor Books.
- The description is missing paragraph breaks and correct formatting. It should read as follows:
In this unforgettable work of fiction, Donald Ray Pollock peers into the soul of a tough Midwestern American town to reveal the sad, stunted but resilient lives of its residents. Knockemstiff is a genuine entry into the literature of place.
Spanning a period from the mid-sixties to the late nineties, the linked stories that comprise Knockemstiff feature a cast of recurring characters who are irresistibly, undeniably real. A father pumps his son full of steroids so he can vicariously relive his days as a perpetual runner-up body builder. A psychotic rural recluse comes upon two siblings committing incest and feels compelled to take action. Donald Ray Pollock presents his characters and the sordid goings-on with a stern intelligence, a bracing absence of value judgments, and a refreshingly dark sense of bottom-dog humor.
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2. US Kindle: Knockemstiff (ASIN B0015KGXE6)
- The description is incorrect. It should read as follows:
An unforgettable work of fiction that peers into the soul of a tough Midwestern American town to reveal the sad, stunted but resilient lives of its residents. Knockemstiff is a genuine entry into the literature of place.
Spanning a period from the mid-sixties to the late nineties, the linked stories that comprise Knockemstiff feature a cast of recurring characters who are irresistibly, undeniably real. A father pumps his son full of steroids so he can vicariously relive his days as a perpetual runner-up body builder. A psychotic rural recluse comes upon two siblings committing incest and feels compelled to take action. Donald Ray Pollock presents his characters and the sordid goings-on with a stern intelligence, a bracing absence of value judgments, and a refreshingly dark sense of bottom-dog humor.
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3. US Ebook: Knockemstiff (ISBN 9780385525404)
- The description is missing paragraph breaks. It should be the same as Entry 2.
- The format is incorrect. It should be Ebook.
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4. US Audible: Knockemstiff (ASIN B07JLWX8M3)
- Donald Ray Pollock should have the Narrator role removed. He doesn’t narrate any of the stories.
- The page count is missing. It should be 7.
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5. Missing Edition: US Digital Audiobook
TITLE: Knockemstiff
AUTHOR: Donald Ray Pollock
NARRATOR: Kirby Heyborne, Mark Bramhall, MacLeod Andrews, Andrew Eiden, David Garelick, Matt Godfrey, Dan Woren, Rob Shapiro, R.C. Bray, Amy Landon, Joe Ochman
ISBN-10: 198483780X
ISBN-13: 9781984837806
ASIN: 198483780X
PUBLISHER: Random House Audio
DATE PUBLISHED: November 20, 2018
NUMBER OF PAGES: 7
FORMAT: Audiobook
DESCRIPTION:
In this unforgettable work of fiction, Donald Ray Pollock peers into the soul of a tough Midwestern American town to reveal the sad, stunted but resilient lives of its residents.
Spanning a period from the mid-sixties to the late nineties, the linked stories that comprise Knockemstiff feature a cast of recurring characters who are woebegone, baffled and depraved—but irresistibly, undeniably real. Rendered in the American vernacular with vivid imagery and a wry, dark sense of humor, these thwarted and sometimes violent lives jump off the page at the reader with inexorable force. A father pumps his son full of steroids so he can vicariously relive his days as a perpetual runner-up body builder. A psychotic rural recluse comes upon two siblings committing incest and feels compelled to take action. Donald Ray Pollock presents his characters and the sordid goings-on with a stern intelligence, a bracing absence of value judgments, and a refreshingly dark sense of bottom-dog humor.
With an artistic instinct honed on the works of Flannery O’Connor and Harry Crews, Pollock offers a powerful work of fiction in the classic American vein. Knockemstiff is a genuine entry into the literature of place.
EDITION LANGUAGE: English
COVER ART: //
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6. UK Paperback: Knockemstiff (ISBN 9780099520979)
- The publication date is incomplete. It should be July 2, 2009.
- �01� needs to be removed from the Editions field. This is not the first edition.
- The cover art is pretty small. Higher-quality art available from the publisher site here: //
- The description is incorrect. It should read as follows, transcribed from the back cover:
Blunt, brutal, but infused with a deep sympathy, Knockemstiff is a pitch-dark and hilarious collection of stories set in a tiny town in Southern Ohio.
The youth of Knockemstiff grow up in the malignant shadow of their parents; raised on abuse, alcohol, drugs and cigarettes, they are stunted in every possible way. They talk a lot about escape but they never so much as cross the county line�
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7. UK Ebook: Knockemstiff (ISBN 9781409000969)
- The format is incorrect. It should be ebook.
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8. UK Kindle: Knockemstiff (ASIN B003VPWXC4)
- �01� needs to be removed from the Editions field. This is not the first edition.
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9. UK Hardcover: Knockemstiff (ISBN 9781846551567)
- The cover art has weird blank spaces surrounding it. Correct art from Amazon here: //
- The description is incorrect. The back cover of the book doesn’t have a description on it, only praise quotes, but Amazon UK lists the following description:
Knockemstiff is a pitch-dark and often hilarious collection of stories set in the tiny Appalachian town of Knockemstiff, Ohio, a community so deprived and diminished it no longer appears on any map.
The youth of Knockemstiff grow up in the malignant shadow of their parents; raised on abuse, alcohol, drugs and cigarettes, they are stunted in every possible way: emotionally, mentally, sometimes physically. They talk a lot about escape but they never so much as cross the county line.
The stories in Knockemstiff are simple and compact, blunt and brutal, but are also infused with a deep sympathy for the incapacitating loneliness of poverty, neglect and severely limited horizons.
Knockemstiff is a human, very funny and unforgettable debut from a stunning new voice in American fiction.
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