Rust and Bone

Written by Craig Davidson.

Published by Penguin Random House, 2006.

9780143181675 Short Fiction

In steel-tipped prose, Craig Davidson conjures up a bleak world populated by hardscrabble pugilists, fighting dogs, sex addicts, and others held captive by their own bad luck and bad decisions. Visceral and with a dark urgency, Rust and Bone is a strikingly original debut.