Crumley and Woodrell are both marvelous masters of the
non-urban tale, each
in his own manner. You won't find many stylistic similarities
between the
two, but both capture a skewed semi-outsider characterization
in wonderful
manners. Crumley's characters act like they're still in the
wild west, only
a hundred years later. Woodrell's characters have a jeeter
feel -- country
folks who've moved into town for a generation or so, but
still have their
Snopes-style wiles and eccentricities. -- Duane
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