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Love and Other Wounds

by Jordan Harper
Ecco: Harpercollins. Jul. 2015. 176p. ISBN 9780062394385. pap. $15.95; ebk. ISBN 9780062394392. STORIES
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Raw, gritty, and unsettling, the stories in Harper's debut collection feature tough lives lived mostly on the edge, from John, running through bullets and high-desert wildfire from his own freshly dug grave; to Mark, cut down in a firefight with the cops after robbing a gas station; to Palmer, determined to save Lucy, severely injured in a dog-fighting ring.
VERDICT As he runs, John's mouth "felt full of hot pennies," and every story here is a hot penny worth much more. For fans of Cormac McCarthy, Daniel Woodrell, and Bruce Machart.
Reviewed by Barbara Hoffert , Apr 01, 2015
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