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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1704719.Knockemstiff?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Knockemstiff" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1187145720m/1704719.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1704719.Knockemstiff?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Knockemstiff</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/784866.Donald_Ray_Pollock">Donald Ray Pollock</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20728811?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> Good review on NPR, plus an excerpt on their website. As I wrote to Andrea: "The over-the-top grim squalor reminded me of Vicki Hendrix, but no sign of her equally over-the-top scorching sexuality. Author's back story makes for great PR: guy leads dead-end life of quiet desperation, then writes stories about people leading dead-end lives of quiet desperation. And the town's name (Knockemstiff, OH) really is perfect. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/1106162?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>