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Gerry Stanek

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December 30

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Fiction, Historical Fiction, History

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Average rating: 4.36 · 14 ratings · 7 reviews · 4 distinct works

	They Came Here Looking for Light: The Plattsville Stories 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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In early 2016, the writer Michael Parker urged me to read something by William Faulkner. Michael understood what I was trying to do with Plattsville Stories, which was mostly an idea at the time, and he thought my Northern sensibilities would benefit from absorbing Faulkner’s Southern take. Since he’s from the South, I could sense something proprietary in Michael’s urgency, too. Each of us is imme