I am reading a book right now which is the second in the "La
Crosse
trilogy." The author is Rick Harsch, and last year he
produced a work
called THE DRIFTLESS ZONE. It featured some noirish folks in
small town
Wisconsin doing bad things to each other. It was a remarkable
work in its
unique and fresh approach to this area, and I liked it.
However, it was
not considered for nomination by the Wisconsin Literary
Awards Committee
(on which I sit).
This year's book is BILLY VERITE, and Billy is a former
informant weasel
from the first book who has decided to become a P. I.
However, people are
doing bad things to each other in La Crosse, just like in the
first book,
and the book really has little to do with Billy's career
choice.
Harsch has a grant that will allow him to complete the
trilogy, and what we
will have is three books in the hard-boiled, noir vein set in
small town
Wisconsin. It works.
Best, GWN
P.I.E.S. (Private Investigator Entertainment Service)
Catalogs of new and used private eye fiction
Gary Warren Niebuhr, Owner
P. O. Box 341218
Milwaukee, WI 53234
piesbook@execpc.com
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