Short stories set in the Ozarks. I especially enjoyed the first two, "The Echo of Neighborly Bones" and "Uncle." Vivid, taut and bleak.
Look at the cover art. What do you see? Barren landscape. Dead grass and dead trees beneath a darkening sky. When you look at the interior landscapes of Woodrell's characters, what will you see? About the same. Storms, bleakness, dead things. Woodrell is a child of the Ozarks. He writes what he kno...