Can't Shake the Dust

"With CAN'T SHAKE THE DUST, C.H. Hooks gives us a raucous, red-eyed ballad of high-test tears and ground-pounding laughs that'll cling to your soul like the red dirt of the title, making you remember the heart is a kind of engine, too." --Taylor Brown, author of Wingwalkers and Rednecks

"The great racetrack in Darlington is called "Too Tough to Tame." The same might be said of C.H. Hooks. I kind of expect it on his tombstone, though I hope it's in another 100 years. Can't Shake the Dust, told from multiple points of view, never disappoints. It's so easy to say "This is one wild ride," I know, but this is one wild ride. It belongs on the tragi-comic shelf with Harry Crews, Barry Hannah, et al." --George Singleton, author of You Want More

"Strap in and let C.H.Hooks take you on a gonzo ride through the racing circuits and strip malls of South Georgia. Can't Shake the Dust is a singular addition to the South's raucous storytelling tradition. As much about aging as coming of age, Can't Shake the Dust takes you beyond-the-track and into the blue-collar lives of those who can't quit this beautiful, DIY sport. At once hilarious, strange, and tender--this brilliant novel you won't soon forget. Long live the Lemons racing dynasty!" --Caleb Johnson, author of Treeborne Q11

"Set among the strip malls of South Georgia, Hooks writes about people who get sideways at honky-tonks and lose their shirts to payday loan sharks and drive straightaways at dirt tracks, showing...grit and empathy."--Garden and Gun