Rust and Bone: Stories

Rust and Bone: Stories - Paperback

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Rust and Bone: Stories

Rust and Bone: Stories - Paperback

by Craig Davidson
$21.99
Sale price  $21.99 Regular price 

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by Craig Davidson (Author)

In steel-tipped prose, Craig Davidson conjures a savage world populated by fighting dogs, prizefighters, sex addicts, and gamblers. In his title story, Davidson introduces an afflicted boxer whose hand never properly heals after a bone is broken. The fighter's career descends to bouts that have less to do with sport than with survival: no referee, no rules, not even gloves. In "A Mean Utility" we enter an even more desperate arena: dogfights where Rottweilers, pit bulls, and Dobermans fight each other to the death.

Davidson's stories are small monuments to the telling detail. The hostility of his fictional universe is tempered by the humanity he invests in his characters and by his subtle and very moving observations of their motivations. He shares with Chuck Palahniuk the uncanny ability to compel our attention, time and time again, to the most difficult subject matter.

Number of Pages: 250
Dimensions: 0.65 x 8.28 x 6.1 IN
Publication Date: March 15, 2013
ISBN9780393329001
Author Craig Davidson
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedMarch 2013
LanguageENG- English
Pages250
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Craig Davidson

Craig Davidson has published five other books of literary fiction: Rust and Bone, which was made into a Golden Globe-nominated feature film, The Fighter, Sarah Court, the Scotiabank Giller Prize-nominated Cataract City, and Cascade. Davidson is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and his articles and journalism have been published in Esquire, GQ, and The Washington Post, among other places. He lives in Toronto, Canada, with his partner and their child. He also publishes bestselling horror fiction under the pseudonym Nick Cutter.

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