Now, this one I liked *alot*! Roughneck, slightly doofus
writer leaves a sputtering career and a bad domestic
situation to deliver a message to his crazy older brother,
living out in the boondocks. Before you know it he's neck
deep in pot harvesting, hillbilly feuding, and (slightly
kinky) sex. Reads like a strange cross between Stone's DOG
SOLDIERS, T.C. Boyle's BUDDING PROSPECTS, and Landis's SAVAGE
SEASON, and I have to tell you, I found it compulsively
readable. I live in a rural area, and know the sorts of
people the Woodrell describes here -- indeed, Woodrell is one
of the few recent writers, in my opinion, to really capture
the truth about rural life. Best of all, the plot's tight and
the narrative drive is relentless. Highly, highly
recommended.
doug
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