Bastard Out of Carolina Bastard Out of Carolina Dorothy Allison Dorothy Allison 'About as close to flawless as any reader could ask for' The New York Times Book Review 'For anyone who has ever felt the contempt of a selfrighteous world, this book will resonate within you like a gospel choirBastard Out of Carolina is a raw, poignant tale of fury, power, love and family This editon contains an introduction by the author Dorothy Allison was awarded the 07 Robert Penn Warren Award for Fiction, and has been likened to Flannery O'Connor, William Faulkner and Harper Lee Allison's remarkable country voice emerges in a first novel spiked with pungent characters ranging from the slatternly to the grotesque, and saturated with sense of placeGreenville, SC Ruth Anne Boatwright, 13, got the nickname Bone at birth, when she was tiny as a knucklebone, and the tag acquires painful derivatives, like ``Bonehead''
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