Praise for Tom Franklin
HELL AT THE BREECH
"Arguably the most extraordinary first novel to come out of the South since Charles Frazier’s National Book Award-winning COLD MOUNTAIN. In one fell swoop, Franklin leaps to the forefront of contemporary Southern writers."
- Orlando Sentinel
"Franklin, whose award-winning POACHERS (2000) elicited comparisons to Faulkner, is a splendid stylist who explores moral issues and stocks this tale with memorable (if mostly unpleasant) characters, spinning it seemingly effortlessly to a final surprise twist. This is historical fiction at its best."
- Booklist
SMONK
"Tom Franklin has created a character the likes of which the Old West has never seen. E.O. Smonk is a rougher, tougher version of Jesse James.
An edgy, quirky, bawdy look at the days of cowboys and shootouts, Smonk is the real deal."
- David Milch, creator of Deadwood
POACHERS
"[A] startling debut collection. . . darker than anything delivered since the work of James Dickey."
- San Francisco Chronicle
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