num_pages: 167
description: Twelve timeless Ozarkian tales of those on the fringes of society by a stunningly original (Associated Press) American master.Daniel Woodrell is able to lend uncanny logic to harsh even criminal behavior in this wrenching collection of stories. Desperation - both material and psychological - motivates his characters. A husband cruelly avenges the killing of his wife's pet; an injured rapist is cared for by a young girl until she reaches her breaking point; a disturbed veteran of Iraq is murdered for his erratic behavior; an outsider's house is set on fire by an angry neighbor. There is also the tenderness and loyalty of the vulnerable in these stories - between spouses parents and children siblings and comrades in arms - which brings the troubled sorely tested cast of characters to vivid relatable life.
language: English
title: The Outlaw Album
publisher: Little, Brown and Company