Rural setting on or near Lightridge Farm Road in Loudoun County.

A Mix of Southern Gothic And Metafiction: Ben Metcalf's <em>Against The Country</em>

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jan 7, 2015

Ben Metcalf talks about his new novel, Against the Country. Set in the Virginia pines, a land of stubborn soil, voracious insects, lackluster farms, and horrifying trees, and overrun with failed parents, racist sex offenders, cast-off priests, and suicidal chickens, the novel details one family’s pitiful struggle to survive there.

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