Spit baths : stories / Greg Downs.

Examining the nooks and crannies of contemporary backwater life in the South and Midwest, Downs's debut collection opens with a kaleidoscopic description of an extended family breaking apart that is as disorienting as it is beautiful. "Black Pork" follows a white minor league pitcher...

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Main Author: Downs, Greg, 1971-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2006.
Series:Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction.
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