Description
From the Korean War through 1970, this taut rural novel follows Tucker, a young veteran returning to Appalachian Kentucky and stepping into a world of bootleggers, laborers, and hard-won survival. As he builds a life—falling in love, forming a family, and learning the intricate social codes of a community that runs on land, labor, and loyalty—his choices ripple through the lives around him. With Chris Offutt’s unmistakable, unsentimental voice, the book blends intimate character drama with the gritty rhythms of backwoods life, where “home” is both refuge and pressure. At its core, it explores what it costs to belong, how poverty shapes morality, and how love and endurance persist in the country dark.
Available Editions
paperback
Grove Press
Published Jan 1, 2018
231 pages
ISBN: 9780802127792
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Details
First Published
2018
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Country Dark by Chris Offutt.