A tale of malevolence and violence, this "stunning novel" (New York Times Book Review) is the story of Tannhauser, a crazed backswoodsman turned drug lord, and the idiosyncratic characters who are enticed into his destructive orbit.
"An expansive story told in lush, extravagant prose, Dogs of God is a big book in every sense of the word." —Elizabeth Dewberry Vaughn
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Evoking the raw power of Deliverance, a superb novel of innocence and violence in rural Appalachia, by a writer who "reads like a cross between Barry Hannah and Cormac McCarthy."--The Chicago Tribune
About the Author:
Pinckney Benedict was born in 1964. He grew up and continues to live on his family’s dairy farm, not far north of Lewisburg, West Virginia. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University, where he studied creative writing with Joyce Carol Oates, and a master’s degree from the creative writing program of the University of Iowa. His first collection of short stories, Town Smokes, was published in 1987 to wide acclaim; included in that collection was “The Sutton Pie Safe,” for which Mr. Benedict received the Nelson Algren Award, given by the Chicago Tribune. He has also received a James Michener Fellowship from the Writers’ Workshop.
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- PublisherRandom House, Inc.
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0385511132
- ISBN 13 9780385511131
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages368
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