by Chris Offutt
Published April 10 2018 by Grove Press
So much to love in these few pages, Tucker being the main thing. He's a Korean War veteran, hitching a ride home, saving a girl from being raped by her uncle and then marrying her, making a life for them and their children by boot legging. The writing is spare but still manages descriptions that give you all the visuals you need to imagine their small house in backwoods Kentucky, the wooded setting, the ruts in the road leading through the hills, and all the struggles endured. You see the good in Tucker as well as the bad. The bad gets him into trouble, and the good saves his hide time and time again. After all, he goes off only when he needs to protect himself or his loved ones. I can't say I agree with some of the things he did but he knew how to survive (in Korea, in prison, and in the hills) and did it well, better than most.
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher.
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