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Deftly paced, gritty and poised, pitch perfect in its voice and historical rendering, Damian Dressick's debut novel40 Patchtownaccelerates from its opening pages with desperate energy. Set against the comfortless backdrop of the brutal 1922 coal miners' strike of Windber, Pennsylvania, the novel follows fatherless fourteen-year-old Chet Pistakowski as he struggles to support his mother and siblings in a setting dictated by violence, poverty, and manipulation. Told in lean, convincing, and clear-eyed prose, this historical and evocative coming-of-age story reveals a young man torn between family and morality, desperation and desire, circumstances and escape. James Charlesworth, author ofThe Patricide of George Bernard Hill
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