15952. "DIRTY WORK" BY LARRY BROWN AS A SOUTHERN NOVEL (BOOK REVIEW). This paper discusses how Brown’s novel, “Dirty Work” represents the prototypical Southern novel. Characteristics of the typical Southern novel found in “Dirty Work” include sense of place, a sense of history, the use of story-telling, and the conveyance of a particular type of religious attitude. Keywords: fiction American South. Includes an annotated bibliography. Written 2003. 6 pages; 22 footnotes; 6 bibliographic sources. 2,209 words.