{"product_id":"knockemstiff","title":"Knockemstiff","description":"KNOCKEMSTIFF is a pitch-dark and often hilarious collection of stories set in the tiny Appalachian town of Knockemstiff, Ohio, a community so deprived and diminished it no longer appears on any map. The youth of Knockemstiff grow up in the malignant shadow of their parents; raised on abuse, alcohol, drugs and cigarettes, they are stunted in every possible way: emotionally, mentally, sometimes physically. They talk a lot about escape but they never so much as cross the county line. The stories in KNOCKEMSTIFF are simple and compact, blunt and brutal, but are also infused with a deep sympathy for the incapacitating loneliness of poverty, neglect and severely limited horizons. KNOCKEMSTIFF is a human, very funny and unforgettable debut from a stunning new voice in American fiction.","brand":"Donald Ray Pollock","offers":[{"title":"Arrow \/ 2009 \/ 394","offer_id":55060149895509,"sku":"9780099520979","price":3.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0501\/4188\/8668\/files\/content_06490e04-0348-413f-9537-862aece9b8d2.jpg?v=1789924564","url":"https:\/\/www.bookworld.ie\/products\/knockemstiff","provider":"Book World Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}