If I had to sum this up in one word it would be “bleak”, if you gave me two words it would be “unrelentingly bleak”.
The dislocation from society of the rural poor can become a bit of a tired trope but it is expressed here with such gut-wretching authenticity that it is fresh.
The violence is told without blinking – this is not pantomime violence it is horrible. And there is a building sense of doom – there is not redemption on offer here.
All this comes together to make this a must read...
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