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Do you know any other books like this one? Dark humor and crime is the priority.

Alex Bear If you have not read other Donald Ray Pollock books, they are a must! no one does it like him.

Daniel Woodrell is a friend of Donald Ray Pollock and sp…moreIf you have not read other Donald Ray Pollock books, they are a must! no one does it like him.

Daniel Woodrell is a friend of Donald Ray Pollock and specializes in these kind of gothic american crime novels.

The Contortionist's Handbook is a good one with a witty narrator who cannot be trusted and has lived a life of crime.

Layer Cake (which is also my favorite movie) is a humorist caper. It reads like a Guy Ritchie movie.

Bright's Passage (by my favorite musician, Josh Ritter) is set in the same time period, and is more about the hero against the crime happening at the time. Very poetic, reads like one of his amazing songs would.

Finally, I will list Geek Love. It is not about crime per say (unless creating a cult of "freaks" is a crime.... which I guess it is)... but nothing has creeped me out in the way Pollock has, besides Geek Love. (less)

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hi there! I cant undrestand this special " ..." sentences. may I plz he;p me to know? Books were her greatest passion, and she could never get serious about a man who didn’t read, let alone marry one. " To do so, she felt, would be like hitching her star to a fence post that just happened to breathe air and draw a paycheck." In the two years he had...

Vicki Slabaugh I believe she’s saying a man who doesnt read is hopelessly dull and boring without imagination or curiosity. To spend your life with him just because …moreI believe she’s saying a man who doesnt read is hopelessly dull and boring without imagination or curiosity. To spend your life with him just because he had money just wouldnt be worth it. She’s smart and thinks she can do better.
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