Finalist for the 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction

"These short stories approach their subjects from an array of perspectives, but what they share is freshness, surprise, and a compulsion to plumb some absolute extremes of American existence."--National Book Award citation

American Salvage is not a book for the cowardly. These daring stories, these desperate characters, would just as soon steal your wallet, break your heart or punch you in the gut than openly admit that redemption is possible during these dark times. But it is just this improbable hope that makes her work brilliant. This is Bonnie Jo Campbell at her bravest and best.--Rachael Perry, author of How to Fly

Binding: Paperback

Pub Date: December 01, 2009