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Paperback Books by Chris Offutt
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| The Same River Twice: A Memoir |
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| by Chris Offutt |
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| At the age of nineteen, Chris Offutt had already been rejected by the army, the Peace Corps, the park rangers, and the police. So he left his home in the Kentucky Appalachians and thumbed his way north -- into a series of odd jobs and even... Read More |
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| Publication Date: April 2003 |
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| Out of the Woods: Stories |
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| by Chris Offutt |
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| The eight stories in this collection all illustrate the adage "You can take the boy out of Kentucky, but you can’t take Kentucky out of the boy": The characters here all feel Kentucky as a force of gravity, as strong as love,... Read More |
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| Publication Date: February 2000 |
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| The Good Brother |
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| by Chris Offutt |
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| Virgil Caudill has never gone looking for trouble, but this time he's got no choice -- his hell-raising brother Boyd has been murdered. Everyone knows who did it, and in the hills of Kentucky, tradition won't let a murder go unavenged. No... Read More |
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| Publication Date: May 1998 |
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| Kentucky Straight: Stories |
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| by Chris Offutt |
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| Riveting, often heartbreaking stories that take readers through country that is figuratively and literally unmapped. These stories are set in a nameless community too small to be called a town, a place where wanting an education is a mark of... Read More |
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| Publication Date: October 1992 |
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