Finished Su 6/20/21
This is part of a trilogy that I got on Amazon and received on We 6/16/21.
It's a novella of 160 pages.
"Although Woodrell might be best known for his Ozark stories, his first three published novels were pulp noir detective tales set in a fictional Louisiana river town. Those three novels - Under The Bright Lights, Muscle For The Wing, The Ones You Do - have been compiled and thankfully reissued as The Bayou Trilogy."
From the book's page at Amazon:
"First published in 1986, the author's first crime novel sends Rene Shade, a police detective in Louisiana's bayou country, to investigate a murder involving a racist hit man, a pornography merchant, shady politicians, and small-time criminals."
Woodrell is a great writer and his novels are full of pithy dialogue and quirky characters. It sure didn't feel like a first novel and I will definitely come back and read the remaining two novels in the trilogy.
He wrote 'WINTER'S BONE' that I ordered in German many years ago.
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