A tale of malevolence and violence, this "stunning novel" (New York Times Book Review) is the story of Tannhauser, a crazed backswoodsman turned drug lord, and the idiosyncratic characters who are enticed into his destructive orbit. "An expansive story told in lush, extravagant prose, Dogs of God is a big book in every sense of the word." --Elizabeth Dewberry Vaughn This description may be from another edition of this product.
This a a must read for anyone who loves an enthralling, although at times, disturbing read. Truly a work of literary art.
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THIS STORY IS EXCELLENT. Ingenius, Unique, Beautiful, Morbid, Sad, Uplifting, Violent, Depraved, even humorous at times. I hate when people say "For a first time novelist this was good". That is BS, every writer on the planet would PRAY to leave 1/2 the mark that this novel has. There is simply nothing else like it I have read. If you want to know my best way to describe it, it would be this: 1/4 Cormac Macarthy "Child...
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Imagine a suicidal goth-obsessed Eastern European director wants to remake Any Which Way You Can. But the studio, in sending him the script, manages somehow to interleave the pages with parts of Deliverance, High Risk, and Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke. The director receives the script, reads it, thinks it's a work of avant-garde genius, and films it. Pinckney Benedict has written the novelization of that nonexistent film...
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An interesting first novel, particularly for its subject matter and characters. Benedict is at his finest when a) describing the lust West Virigina hill country that he seems familiar with. and b)creating violent imagery. On these merits alone, I recommend this book and would compare it to, oh, Elmore Leonard and Brett Easton Ellis. The plot of the book seems rather tangential to what Benedict is trying to achieve. The...
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While literary types are skulking around sucking back lattes and debating the death of the novel, Pinckney Benedict has arisen from the rural backroads of West Virginia to write `The Dogs of God`, the most impressive first American novel since Thomas Pynchon released `V` almost a half century ago. Benedict`s story revolves around Goodie, an itinerant bare knuckles fist fighter looking for one last payday before his hands give...
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