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An intellectually satisfying work of suspense . . . Reminds us of the sort of compelling literature a brave artist can fashion from the shards of such experience. --Los Angeles Times Book Review Ron Rash writes some of the most memorable novels of this young century . . . No writer since the late Larry Brown has handled the raw grit of country people as truthfully as Rash. . . . At once uplifting, harrowing, and unforgettable. --The News & Observer [Ron Rash's] novels are complex and compelling, told in graceful, conscientious prose, and The World Made Straight is his finest yet. --The Charlotte Observer This is the third novel by Ron Rash that has brought my life to a grinding halt--but to praise Rash simply as a powerful storyteller would be to overlook his gifts as a profoundly ethical writer and, at the same time, a poet with a fine and tender eye for the beauty of nature. What I love and admire most of all about this book, however, is its fierce confrontation of a human dilemma that has sparked too many of the world's most violent tragedies: the burning question of just how much allegiance we owe family and community, including the ghosts from our past. --Julia Glass, author of Three Junes The World Made Straight is a wonderful, heartbreaking, heart-healing kind of work, a work of genius--genius and insight and poetry and the kind of language that whispers to me like music coming back off dense wet hills and upturned faces. --Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina Rash writes with beauty and simplicity, understanding his characters with a poet's eye and heart and telling their tale with a poet's tongue. --William Gay, author of Provinces of Night Ron Rash writes so well about real people, people one paycheck short of extinction, that you care what happens to his characters in every clause. In A World Made Straight, he shows how much trouble a poor ol' boy can get in, just trying to catch a fish or two. Even in this novel, his words sound like poetry. --Rick Bragg, author of All Over but the Shoutin' and Ava's Man Deft, intelligent, crisp, sensual and lyrical, The World Made Straight is the best work yet by a wonderful writer. This is why we read books: to encounter a great story told well. --Rick Bass An intellectually satisfying work of suspense . . . Reminds us of the sort of compelling literature a brave artist can fashion from the shards of such experience. Los Angeles Times Book Review Ron Rash writes some of the most memorable novels of this young century . . . No writer since the late Larry Brown has handled the raw grit of country people as truthfully as Rash. . . . At once uplifting, harrowing, and unforgettable. The News & Observer [Ron Rash's] novels are complex and compelling, told in graceful, conscientious prose, and The World Made Straight is his finest yet. The Charlotte Observer This is the third novel by Ron Rash that has brought my life to a grinding halt--but to praise Rash simply as a powerful storyteller would be to overlook his gifts as a profoundly ethical writer and, at the same time, a poet with a fine and tender eye for the beauty of nature. What I love and admire most of all about this book, however, is its fierce confrontation of a human dilemma that has sparked too many of the world's most violent tragedies: the burning question of just how much allegiance we owe family and community, including the ghosts from our past. Julia Glass, author of Three Junes The World Made Straight is a wonderful, heartbreaking, heart-healing kind of work, a work of genius--genius and insight and poetry and the kind of language that whispers to me like music coming back off dense wet hills and upturned faces. Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina Rash writes with beauty and simplicity, understanding his characters with a poet's eye and heart and telling their tale with a poet's tongue. William Gay, author of Provinces of Night Ron Rash writes so well about real people, people one paycheck short of extinction, that you care what happens to his characters in every clause. In A World Made Straight, he shows how much trouble a poor ol' boy can get in, just trying to catch a fish or two. Even in this novel, his words sound like poetry. Rick Bragg, author of All Over but the Shoutin' and Ava's Man Deft, intelligent, crisp, sensual and lyrical, The World Made Straight is the best work yet by a wonderful writer. This is why we read books: to encounter a great story told well. Rick Bass An intellectually satisfying work of suspense . . . Reminds us of the sort of compelling literature a brave artist can fashion from the shards of such experience. -- Los Angeles Times Book Review Ron Rash writes some of the most memorable novels of this young century . . . No writer since the late Larry Brown has handled the raw grit of country people as truthfully as Rash. . . . At once uplifting, harrowing, and unforgettable. -- The News & Observer [Ron Rash's] novels are complex and compelling, told in graceful, conscientious prose, and The World Made Straight is his finest yet. -- The Charlotte Observer This is the third novel by Ron Rash that has brought my life to a grinding halt--but to praise Rash simply as a powerful storyteller would be to overlook his gifts as a profoundly ethical writer and, at the same time, a poet with a fine and tender eye for the beauty of nature. What I love and admire most of all about this book, however, is its fierce confrontation of a human dilemma that has sparked too many of the world's most violent tragedies: the burning question of just how much allegiance we owe family and community, including the ghosts from our past. --Julia Glass, author of Three Junes The World Made Straight is a wonderful, heartbreaking, heart-healing kind of work, a work of genius--genius and insight and poetry and the kind of language that whispers to me like music coming back off dense wet hills and upturned faces. --Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina Rash writes with beauty and simplicity, understanding his characters with a poet's eye and heart and telling their tale with a poet's tongue. --William Gay, author of Provinces of Night Ron Rash writes so well about real people, people one paycheck short of extinction, that you care what happens to his characters in every clause. In A World Made Straight, he shows how much trouble a poor ol' boy can get in, just trying to catch a fish or two. Even in this novel, his words sound like poetry. --Rick Bragg, author of All Over but the Shoutin' and Ava's Man Deft, intelligent, crisp, sensual and lyrical, The World Made Straight is the best work yet by a wonderful writer. This is why we read books: to encounter a great story told well. --Rick Bass

An intellectually satisfying work of suspense . . . Reminds us of the sort of compelling literature a brave artist can fashion from the shards of such experience. -- Los Angeles Times Book Review Ron Rash writes some of the most memorable novels of this young century . . . No writer since the late Larry Brown has handled the raw grit of country people as truthfully as Rash. . . . At once uplifting, harrowing, and unforgettable. -- The News & Observer [Ron Rash's] novels are complex and compelling, told in graceful, conscientious prose, and The World Made Straight is his finest yet. -- The Charlotte Observer This is the third novel by Ron Rash that has brought my life to a grinding halt--but to praise Rash simply as a powerful storyteller would be to overlook his gifts as a profoundly ethical writer and, at the same time, a poet with a fine and tender eye for the beauty of nature. What I love and admire most of all about this book, however, is its fierce confrontation of a human dilemma that has sparked too many of the world's most violent tragedies: the burning question of just how much allegiance we owe family and community, including the ghosts from our past. --Julia Glass, author of Three Junes The World Made Straight is a wonderful, heartbreaking, heart-healing kind of work, a work of genius--genius and insight and poetry and the kind of language that whispers to me like music coming back off dense wet hills and upturned faces. --Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina Rash writes with beauty and simplicity, understanding his characters with a poet's eye and heart and telling their tale with a poet's tongue. --William Gay, author of Provinces of Night Ron Rash writes so well about real people, people one paycheck short of extinction, that you care what happens to his characters in every clause. In A World Made Straight, he shows how much trouble a poor ol' boy can get in, just trying to catch a fish or two. Even in this novel, his words sound like poetry. --Rick Bragg, author of All Over but the Shoutin' and Ava's Man Deft, intelligent, crisp, sensual and lyrical, The World Made Straight is the best work yet by a wonderful writer. This is why we read books: to encounter a great story told well. --Rick Bass

An intellectually satisfying work of suspense . . . Reminds us of the sort of compelling literature a brave artist can fashion from the shards of such experience. Los Angeles Times Book Review Ron Rash writes some of the most memorable novels of this young century . . . No writer since the late Larry Brown has handled the raw grit of country people as truthfully as Rash. . . . At once uplifting, harrowing, and unforgettable. The News & Observer [Ron Rash's] novels are complex and compelling, told in graceful, conscientious prose, and The World Made Straight is his finest yet. The Charlotte Observer This is the third novel by Ron Rash that has brought my life to a grinding halt--but to praise Rash simply as a powerful storyteller would be to overlook his gifts as a profoundly ethical writer and, at the same time, a poet with a fine and tender eye for the beauty of nature. What I love and admire most of all about this book, however, is its fierce confrontation of a human dilemma that has sparked too many of the world's most violent tragedies: the burning question of just how much allegiance we owe family and community, including the ghosts from our past. Julia Glass, author of Three Junes The World Made Straight is a wonderful, heartbreaking, heart-healing kind of work, a work of genius--genius and insight and poetry and the kind of language that whispers to me like music coming back off dense wet hills and upturned faces. Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina Rash writes with beauty and simplicity, understanding his characters with a poet's eye and heart and telling their tale with a poet's tongue. William Gay, author of Provinces of Night Ron Rash writes so well about real people, people one paycheck short of extinction, that you care what happens to his characters in every clause. In A World Made Straight, he shows how much trouble a poor ol' boy can get in, just trying to catch a fish or two. Even in this novel, his words sound like poetry. Rick Bragg, author of All Over but the Shoutin' and Ava's Man Deft, intelligent, crisp, sensual and lyrical, The World Made Straight is the best work yet by a wonderful writer. This is why we read books: to encounter a great story told well. Rick Bass

An intellectually satisfying work of suspense . . . Reminds us of the sort of compelling literature a brave artist can fashion from the shards of such experience. --Los Angeles Times Book Review Ron Rash writes some of the most memorable novels of this young century . . . No writer since the late Larry Brown has handled the raw grit of country people as truthfully as Rash. . . . At once uplifting, harrowing, and unforgettable. --The News & Observer [Ron Rash's] novels are complex and compelling, told in graceful, conscientious prose, and The World Made Straight is his finest yet. --The Charlotte Observer This is the third novel by Ron Rash that has brought my life to a grinding halt--but to praise Rash simply as a powerful storyteller would be to overlook his gifts as a profoundly ethical writer and, at the same time, a poet with a fine and tender eye for the beauty of nature. What I love and admire most of all about this book, however, is its fierce confrontation of a human dilemma that has sparked too many of the world's most violent tragedies: the burning question of just how much allegiance we owe family and community, including the ghosts from our past. --Julia Glass, author of Three Junes The World Made Straight is a wonderful, heartbreaking, heart-healing kind of work, a work of genius--genius and insight and poetry and the kind of language that whispers to me like music coming back off dense wet hills and upturned faces. --Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina Rash writes with beauty and simplicity, understanding his characters with a poet's eye and heart and telling their tale with a poet's tongue. --William Gay, author of Provinces of Night Ron Rash writes so well about real people, people one paycheck short of extinction, that you care what happens to his characters in every clause. In A World Made Straight, he shows how much trouble a poor ol' boy can get in, just trying to catch a fish or two. Even in this novel, his words sound like poetry. --Rick Bragg, author of All Over but the Shoutin' and Ava's Man Deft, intelligent, crisp, sensual and lyrical, The World Made Straight is the best work yet by a wonderful writer. This is why we read books: to encounter a great story told well. --Rick Bass An intellectually satisfying work of suspense . . . Reminds us of the sort of compelling literature a brave artist can fashion from the shards of such experience. Los Angeles Times Book Review Ron Rash writes some of the most memorable novels of this young century . . . No writer since the late Larry Brown has handled the raw grit of country people as truthfully as Rash. . . . At once uplifting, harrowing, and unforgettable. The News & Observer [Ron Rash's] novels are complex and compelling, told in graceful, conscientious prose, and The World Made Straight is his finest yet. The Charlotte Observer This is the third novel by Ron Rash that has brought my life to a grinding halt--but to praise Rash simply as a powerful storyteller would be to overlook his gifts as a profoundly ethical writer and, at the same time, a poet with a fine and tender eye for the beauty of nature. What I love and admire most of all about this book, however, is its fierce confrontation of a human dilemma that has sparked too many of the world's most violent tragedies: the burning question of just how much allegiance we owe family and community, including the ghosts from our past. Julia Glass, author of Three Junes The World Made Straight is a wonderful, heartbreaking, heart-healing kind of work, a work of genius--genius and insight and poetry and the kind of language that whispers to me like music coming back off dense wet hills and upturned faces. Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina Rash writes with beauty and simplicity, understanding his characters with a poet's eye and heart and telling their tale with a poet's tongue. William Gay, author of Provinces of Night Ron Rash writes so well about real people, people one paycheck short of extinction, that you care what happens to his characters in every clause. In A World Made Straight, he shows how much trouble a poor ol' boy can get in, just trying to catch a fish or two. Even in this novel, his words sound like poetry. Rick Bragg, author of All Over but the Shoutin' and Ava's Man Deft, intelligent, crisp, sensual and lyrical, The World Made Straight is the best work yet by a wonderful writer. This is why we read books: to encounter a great story told well. Rick Bass An intellectually satisfying work of suspense . . . Reminds us of the sort of compelling literature a brave artist can fashion from the shards of such experience. -- Los Angeles Times Book Review Ron Rash writes some of the most memorable novels of this young century . . . No writer since the late Larry Brown has handled the raw grit of country people as truthfully as Rash. . . . At once uplifting, harrowing, and unforgettable. -- The News & Observer [Ron Rash's] novels are complex and compelling, told in graceful, conscientious prose, and The World Made Straight is his finest yet. -- The Charlotte Observer This is the third novel by Ron Rash that has brought my life to a grinding halt--but to praise Rash simply as a powerful storyteller would be to overlook his gifts as a profoundly ethical writer and, at the same time, a poet with a fine and tender eye for the beauty of nature. What I love and admire most of all about this book, however, is its fierce confrontation of a human dilemma that has sparked too many of the world's most violent tragedies: the burning question of just how much allegiance we owe family and community, including the ghosts from our past. --Julia Glass, author of Three Junes The World Made Straight is a wonderful, heartbreaking, heart-healing kind of work, a work of genius--genius and insight and poetry and the kind of language that whispers to me like music coming back off dense wet hills and upturned faces. --Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina Rash writes with beauty and simplicity, understanding his characters with a poet's eye and heart and telling their tale with a poet's tongue. --William Gay, author of Provinces of Night Ron Rash writes so well about real people, people one paycheck short of extinction, that you care what happens to his characters in every clause. In A World Made Straight, he shows how much trouble a poor ol' boy can get in, just trying to catch a fish or two. Even in this novel, his words sound like poetry. --Rick Bragg, author of All Over but the Shoutin' and Ava's Man Deft, intelligent, crisp, sensual and lyrical, The World Made Straight is the best work yet by a wonderful writer. This is why we read books: to encounter a great story told well. --Rick Bass

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RON RASH is the author of the PEN/Faulkner finalist and New York Times bestselling novel Serena, in addition to other prize-winning novels, including The Cove, One Foot in Eden, and Saints at the River. He has written several collections of poems and stories, among them Burning Bright, which won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and Chemistry and Other Stories, which was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. Twice the recipient of the O. Henry Prize, he teaches at Western Carolina University.

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