Knockemstiff (Audible Audio Edition): Kirby Heyborne, Mark Bramhall, MacLeod Andrews, full cast, Donald Ray Pollock, David Garelick, Matt Godfrey, Dan Woren, Rob Shapiro, R. C. Bray, Amy Landon, Joe Ochman, Random House Audio

In this unforgettable work of fiction, Donald Ray Pollock peers into the soul of a tough Midwestern American town to reveal the sad, stunted but resilient lives of its residents.Spanning a period from the mid-'60s to the late '90s, the linked stories that comprise Knockemstiff feature a cast of recurring characters who are woebegone, baffled, and depraved - but irresistibly, undeniably real.

Rendered in the American vernacular with vivid imagery and a wry, dark sense of humor, these thwarted and sometimes violent lives jump off the page at the listener with inexorable force.