# Knockemstiff

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- Book: [Knockemstiff](https://www.bookquiver.com/donald-ray-pollock/knockemstiff) ([Knockemstiff.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/donald-ray-pollock/knockemstiff.md))
- Authors: [Donald Ray Pollock](https://www.bookquiver.com/donald-ray-pollock)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9952-097-9
- Pages: 224
- Published: 2009-07-02
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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: emotionally, mentally, sometimes physically. They talk a lot about escape but they never so much as cross the county line.