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