What does it mean to be a father?What does it mean to be a son?What does it mean to be a man?In Men From Boys seventeen masters of crime fiction answer th...

Daniel Woodrell was born and lives in Missouri, where most of his books take place (he defines their genre as “country noir”). Having dropped out of school, ...

In this classic country noir, featuring a new introduction by Daniel Woodrell, a small town farmer takes a job at a roadhouse, where unbridled greed leads...

When one of their number, a young gay man, is killed, three friends from the American South set out to expose the so-called upstanding citizens who have n...

Set in the Missouri hill country, Death of Sweet Mister presents one eventful summer in the life of Shug, a friendless, overweight 13-year-old living with...

Twelve timeless Ozarkian tales of those on the fringes of society, by a “stunningly original” (Associated Press) American master.Daniel Woodrell is able t...

Ree Dolly’s father has skipped bail on charges that he ran a crystal meth lab, and the Dollys will lose their house if he doesn’t show up for his next cou...

'I was on the drift from California to someplace that didn't have any bench warrants out on me ...'

Doyle Redmond is on the drift from a failed mar...