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Drawing on real-life events that rocked his hometown and his family, Woodrell returns nearly a decade after his celebrated Winter's Bone with a story that feels less of a different time and more timeless—a stark, haunting tale of almost mythic power and sweep. [See Prepub Alert, 3/18/13.]
The dialog here is solid and the players unforgettable. Narrator Brian Troxell's accented presentation brings out both the humor and the sometimes deadly seriousness of each episode. The story also has as close to a happy ending as Woodrell musters. Both raunchy and dangerous, this will have listeners demanding a sequel.
Dark, tough, and chilling, this collection packs a wallop, leaving readers to draw solid comparisons to works by Ken Bruen and James Ellroy. Some of these 12 tales are tragic, and some are funny, but all are unforgettable. [See Prepub Alert, 5/16/11.]
Here's something really cool: Mulholland, a fledgling imprint of Little, Brown, is launching its first list with Woodrell's noted crime novels Under the Bright Lights (1986), Muscle for the Wing (1988), and The Ones You Do (1992), all featuring detective Rene Shade...