What Salmon Know, Elwood Reid
What Salmon Know, Elwood Reid
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What Salmon Know

Author: Elwood Reid

Narrator: Andre Sogliuzzo

Unabridged: 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/23/2001

Categories: Fiction, Short Stories


Synopsis

Compared by critics to such masterful storytellers as Raymond Carver, Rick Bass, and Thom Jones, Elwood Reid, author of the acclaimed novel If I Don't Six, signals a powerful presence on the American literary landscape with his knockout story collection, What Salmon Know.

Reid's characters are tough men living in a world tougher than they are. Life's disappointments fester in their hearts, dashing earnest hopes and provoking violent tendencies made manifest in bad behavior and fatalistic posturing. But there's more to these men than meets the eye, and with great emotional acuity, Reid sheds light on their opaque souls.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mbreaden on July 26, 2010

Almost all of the stories in this collection amused and surprised me with the author's perspective of manly workingman-ness, but none of them really stood out to me except for "Happy Jack." As well-intentioned as the rest of the stories were, they all seemed to come from the same narrator who is not......more

Goodreads review by AD on March 29, 2019

Well done stories about blue-collar losers and almost-losers. Best read with time gaps between the stories as the same voice runs through them all.......more

Goodreads review by Cats W. Bats, Esq. on October 15, 2020

4/5 Story collections are always a mixed bag, but I liked most of the stories presented in this collection. As other reviewers have pointed out, "Happy Jack" is a standout. I also really enjoyed "No Strings Attached."......more


Quotes

"Imagine Sherwood Anderson on the dark side of town, with Nicolas Cage riding shotgun." --USA Today

"Best read in one sitting as a tour de force." --Boston Book Review

"The honesty of Reid's prose produces an emotional resonance that fills the heart, the kind of stuff literature is made of." --The Denver Post

"Strong, unsettling tales, narrated in a spare, pungent prose"--Kirkus Reviews