First book i thought of when i saw this months title was
The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake by (unsurprisingly) Breece D'J Pancake.
Taken from Amazon/Goodreads
Breece D'J Pancake cut short a remarkably promising career when he took his own life in 1979 at the age of twenty-six. In 1983 the posthumous publication of this book - a collection of stories that depict, with astonishing power and grace, the world of Pancake's native rural West Virginia - electrified the literary world with a force that still resounds across two decades. "One is tempted to compare his debut to Hemingway's" - Joyce Carol Oates "An exceptional voice" - Margaret Atwood "The best, most sincere writer I've ever read" - Kurt Vonnegut
This is a collection of stories that depict the world of Pancake's native rural West Virginia.
I've already dipped into it myself and was pleasantly surprised by the quality of writing.
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