Bill,
It may also be interesting to contrast them with Daniel
Woodrell's "country noir" ... your description isn't that far
off from Woodrell's work. I've only read "Give Us A Kiss"
myself, so I may not be the best judge. Thoughts?
On 6/15/03 13:04, "William Denton" <
buff@pobox.com> wrote:
> ONE MONDAY is told by Fenn Hillyer, a police
lieutenant in Brook City, a
> small, decaying city in some southeastern state that
has hills and
> backwoods country folk who don't like being
bothered. His loving wife is
> Meg, and his brother-in-law is Dwight McAran, who
just got out of jail
> after serving time for beating a woman to death.
McAran's a violent hood
> who cares about nobody and will use his sister's
affection to get what he
> wants.
-- Anthony Dauer editor@the3rdegree.com
A stretch of the mean streets on the web.
http://www.the3rdegree.com/
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