Controlled Burn: Stories Of Prison, Crime, And Men

A collection of interlinked short tales about the lives of convicts, informers, and on-the-run criminals includes 'Outside Work Detail,' in which men dig graves for fellow convicts; 'Crank,' in which a proselytizing addict brews crystal meth in a backwoods lab; and 'Atomic Supernova,' in which an obsessed sheriff deputizes a cop killer. 25,000 first printing.