num_pages: 224
description: A collection of interlinked short tales about the lives of convicts, informers, and on-the-run criminals includes "Outside Work Detail," in which men dig graves for fellow convicts; "Crank," in which a proselytizing addict brews crystal meth in a backwoods lab; and "Atomic Supernova," in which an obsessed sheriff deputizes a cop killer. 25,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Controlled Burn: Stories of Prison, Crime, and Men
titlecomplete: Controlled Burn: Stories of Prison, Crime, and Men
genres: Fiction, Crime, Short Stories
ratings_count: 194
publisher: Scribner