Donny-Brook

Just finished an amazingly violent book.

"Donny-Brook" by Frank Bill.

The story centers around bare knuckled fighting, which is violent enough. In addition all the characters are into meth or cooking meth, they are all broken trailer park people, there is an incredible amount of fighting, killing, violence, stealing, meanness, poverty, mutations and sex.

Witness a description of the Hound Round:

"Four men entered the ring carrying lidded, ten-gallon buckets. Two walked towards Angus, the other two split off toward Ned. They removed the bucket lids. Dumped the contents on Angus and Ned. Twenty gallons of steaming cow's blood. The dogs, and the onlookers, grew even more agitated.

The Hound Round rules had been laid out for Angus and Ned the night before. Two fighters had three minutes to beat each other 'till one was without fight. If both men were still standing after three minutes, then a hound was released - turning the fight into man versus man versus hound. If another three minutes passed and both men and hound were still mobile, then another hound was released. The key was beating an opponent before the three minute mark. The round went on until one fighter, on two legs or four, was standing alone."

I need to read a book like this every once in a while to flush out my insides.

By the way, this book was recommended to me by my loving, sweet and sensitive wife.