Publisher Review

"A sleazy, corrupt but completely believable story of a North Carolina town." --Raymond Chandler "A very fine book." --Flannery O'Connor "[Ross] showed us that a writer can come out of the red-clay gulches of rural North Carolina during the Depression--that is, a writer can come out of absolutely anywhere at any time--and make high art without resorting to tricks, stylish ennui or pointless savagery." --The Millions "Ross writes in classically laconic, wised-up American prose. His voice suits then and now and will still carry well tomorrow." --Daniel Woodrell "As far as I'm concerned, this book is where dark Southern fiction began, and any writer who works in the field owes Ross a debt of gratitude, whether he or she has read They Don't Dance Much or not." --William Gay "In and out of print since it was first published in 1940, this blistering novel about a rural Carolina roadhouse with a dance floor is packed with enough desperate characters to make murder merely inevitable, but no less horrifying." --Newsweek A sleazy, corrupt but completely believable story of a North Carolina town. Raymond Chandler A very fine book. Flannery O Connor [Ross] showed us that a writer can come out of the red-clay gulches of rural North Carolina during the Depression that is, a writer can come out of absolutely anywhere at any time and make high art without resorting to tricks, stylish ennui or pointless savagery. The Millions Ross writes in classically laconic, wised-up American prose. His voice suits then and now and will still carry well tomorrow. Daniel Woodrell As far as I m concerned, this book is where dark Southern fiction began, and any writer who works in the field owes Ross a debt of gratitude, whether he or she has readThey Don t Dance Muchor not. William Gay In and out of print since it was first published in 1940, this blistering novel about a rural Carolina roadhouse with a dance floor is packed with enough desperate characters to make murder merely inevitable, but no less horrifying. Newsweek"