Fiction. The author of The Cockfighter (also available from SPD) continues his deft exploration of the underside of the American experience in this searing new collection of stories. Frank Manley presents a cultural snapshot that is poignant, grotesque, ironic, and ultimately riveting. Manley's stories are set in the South of the imagination, as the author explores an aspect of the American psyche that transcends geographic and economic divisions. Among Prisoners is an exquisitely crafted book of stories. By turns funny, sad, and poignant, these stories cannot fail to touch the reader's heart. Frank Manley ranks among the best of our contemporary story-tellers -- Tim O'Brien.