Pinckney Benedict
Praise for Town Smokes
In these nine stories of pit-dog fighting and crawdad cooking, where giant pigs live in sink-holes and Bible pages are used for cigarette-rolling, Pinckney Benedict depicts a South that is odd and idiosyncratic. Eme ...
Mary Morris
Beware the wise who are young and gifted. They quickly become irreplaceable. And with these first stories, Pinckney Benedict, who is not merely precocious, shows convincingly that he is one of them
Russell Banks
These are intelligent and fully imagined stories. And Pinckney Benedict clearly has an amazing gift, a dazzling future
George Garrett
In these nine stories of pit-dog fighting and crawdad cooking, where giant pigs live in sink-holes and Bible pages are used for cigarette-rolling, Pinckney Benedict depicts a South that is odd and idiosyncratic. Eme ...
Mary Morris
Beware the wise who are young and gifted. They quickly become irreplaceable. And with these first stories, Pinckney Benedict, who is not merely precocious, shows convincingly that he is one of them
Russell Banks
These are intelligent and fully imagined stories. And Pinckney Benedict clearly has an amazing gift, a dazzling future
George Garrett
In these nine stories of pit-dog fighting and crawdad cooking, where giant pigs live in sink-holes and Bible pages are used for cigarette-rolling, Pinckney Benedict depicts a South that is odd and idiosyncratic. Eme ...
Mary Morris
Beware the wise who are young and gifted. They quickly become irreplaceable. And with these first stories, Pinckney Benedict, who is not merely precocious, shows convincingly that he is one of them
Russell Banks
These are intelligent and fully imagined stories. And Pinckney Benedict clearly has an amazing gift, a dazzling future
George Garrett