Pollock tells an interesting and funny story, filled with an unusual cast of characters, some of whom are likable, but most of whom are not. Similar to other writers in the Souther Gothic tradition, Pollock’s story and most of his characters are off-putting, and at times, this book was a bit too crude and vulgar for me. But the ending was surprisingly quite redeeming; as Pollock notes on one of the last pages of the book: “salvation is sometimes found in the strangest places.”