Books by Daniel Woodrell
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review 1: After taking so long to read Shadow Country, it was nice to breeze through this book. The setting is a small-town in Missouri, 1929. A tragic explosion at a dance hall claims the lives of too many young citizens. The cause of the blast is never brought to light and the townsfolk ...
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review 1: In the right state of mind, and at the right time, I might have loved this collection of short stories. But I don't think I'm in a place to appreciate cerebral. And that is what this is. Woodrell has some seriously crazy writing skills...lyrical and smart and cerebral. I was ...
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review 1: Finished the third in the trilogy and if there is a better storyteller of southern noir I surely would like to know their name so I could savor them as I have done Daniel Woodrell. Daniel Woodrell is a master storyteller and you be foolish not to jump in the pool and pick up thi...
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review 1: Unsurprisingly excellent. I am just nutty over Daniel Woodrell--I have had a hard time getting a hold of some of his work, again due I think to my location so I was thrilled when the boyfriend found this for me online. A great deal like Woodrell's other fiction, dealing with po...
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review 1: I found this trilogy challenging. I read it in fits and starts over about 15 months. It was very violent, especially the first 2 parts (novellas?). The last was the most satisfying, possibly because there was more believable character development. The writing was excellent throug...