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title: "Dirty Work: A Novel"
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# Dirty Work: A Novel

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        			An unforgettable, unshakable novel. The New York Times Book Review The writing, the characters, and the plot are so compelling that you can&apos;t help but stay with the book until its conclusion. Washington Post Book World There has been no antiwar novel . . . quite like Larry Brown&apos;sDirty Work. The New York Times One of the most powerful antiwar novels in American literature. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A marvelous book . . . Brown&apos;s swift, intuitive dialogue explodes like a land mine and leaves the reader dizzy with shock. The Kansas City Star A real knockout. New York Newsday A powerful and original work all its own that moves along in short, staccato chapters with indisputably authentic language. The New York Times Stunning power . . . Dirty Workmakes the human cost of war achingly real. USA Today An unsparing book, at once brutal and compassionate, horrible, yet funny, too. The Philadelphia Inquirer Courageous . . . It&apos;s hard to imagine a more powerful effect than the one Brown creates with his attentive, unsparing prose. St. Louis Post-Dispatch [Brown] has created two fully realized, believable and often very funny characters . . . No one who reads this book is likely to forget them. The Houston Post A novel of the first order . . . A gem. The Washington Post&quot;
				    	
					
        		
        		
        	
        
        	
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        			Looks at the world through the eyes of Walter Brown, a fireman in Oxford, Mississippi, as he reminisces about his youth.

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A powerful dual narrative work
*by A***S on 11 February 2016*

As far as Brown's books go, I'd place this as my second or third favourite that I have read. The back stories of each character and the way they are explored is interesting, and some parts of the book had me hooked. As with his other books (and this is a complaint from many), the repeated focus on beer and cigarettes may get a little repetitive to some. However, this is an essential component of his view of the South, so one can see why these references slip into much of his work.This does not rival Joe as a page-turning novel for me, but it is a good debut novel, and casts a stark image of war and the effect that it has on those that are wounded in conflict. The inner and outer monologues of the characters as they share their storeis in alternate chapters is an effective and different technique in this dual narrative. For this reason, it is quite different to Joe, Fay or Father & Son, and I would recommend it to fans of Larry Brown and people who enjoy Southern American literature.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Probably the best anti-war novel I have read
*by J***N on 21 August 2017*

Probably the best anti-war novel I have read, and that includes All Quiet on the Western Front. Two young men from rural Mississippi, one Black and one White, with the former's belief in God more sophisticated and moving than I thought possible. Insightful description of Basic Training, with the concluding "wisdom" of "don't die for your country, make the other sucker die for his."  The sacrifice the white boy makes to the  black man is selfless--and not an act that would be condoned by anyone who has a authentic concept of self-hood or courage. Reading this is the best way to detect the crap in shallow patriotic pronouncements

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A very dark read
*by M***E on 18 December 2014*

Im a big fan of Larry Brown but missed this one. A very dark read but you can't put it down.

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