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“Woodrell sets a spooky tone in his ninth novel. Based on a true story…this is an entirely original, brutal, and darkly elegant book, and Woodrell is a storyteller at the top of his game.”

“The hunger for truth, and to a lesser extent justice, is the grand theme of The Maid’s Version. Yes, Woodrell shows us the consequences and reverberations of a tragedy down through the generations. But he also shows us, more to the point, that unanswered questions will always torture us more than the tragedy itself.”

“Exquisite…Woodrell orchestrates a captivating, almost operatic narrative of how tragedy and grief can transform places and people…Woodrell delivers a stunning story of one small town and all of its profound complexities and opaque mysteries. It’s a considerable achievement and a pleasure to read.”

“I’d gladly sign a petition to see Mr. Woodrell included on any roll call of America’s finest living writers. He conveys a sense of the past with the stringent affection of Katherine Anne Porter, his turns at bedlam humor are worthy of Charles Portis, and his gorgeously tangled prose is all his own.

“Compact and soulful...The Maid’s Version’s worth is also in its luminous prose. Woodrell’s sentences bristle with finely tuned language and almost biblical rhythms of his character’s speech...further proof, as if we needed it, that Woodrell is a writer to cherish.”

“From an economy of poetic prose springs forth an emotionally volcanic story of family, justice, and the everlasting power of the truth.”

“This may be a minor work for this major American writer, but no craftsman toiling away in a workshop ever fashioned his wares so carefully. A commanding fable about trespass and reconstruction from a titan of Southern fiction.”