Big Bad Love

Name: Big Bad Love
Author: Larry Brown

by Larry Brown

Interconnected stories of working-class Southern men grappling with love and violence

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About the author

Larry Brown

American novelist and short-story writer from Mississippi whose raw, working-class fiction channeled the tradition of Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor. Dirty Work and Joe are among his most celebrated works. He is a key figure in the Grit Lit movement.

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Dirty WorkTwo Vietnam War veterans grapple with trauma, friendship, and their shattered lives
JoeA violent man confronts redemption through unlikely friendship and human connection
Father and SonA father and son struggle with love, violence, and the possibility of escape
FayA woman navigates poverty, abuse, and survival in the rural American South