The Bayou Trilogy
Under the Bright Lights, Muscle for the Wing, and The Ones You Do

Yet another DNF to the list due to slogging pace, over use of colloquialisms and characters that lack depth, especially the protagonist. Having read many books by Southern authors, I had high hopes. Oh well on to greater things!......more

Woodrell introduces us to a passel of lurid characters that never fail to entertain. He runs the fine satirical line between mocking them and making these characters real and relatable. Demonstrating a thorough understanding of the Bayou's seedy underside, Woodrell crafts fascinating stories that le......more

"...there was Frogtown, the white-trash Paris, where the wide brown flow of rank water scented all the days, and everfy set of toes touched bottom." Flecks of dried blood and dirt stick equal in Woodrell’s look at small town where multiple criminal entities thrive on their unlawful activities. The do......more

Rene Shade is a detective in the Parish of St. Bruno, Louisiana. However, as a series, this is not really a detective story. In the beginning we focus on a man (Shade) who straddles the fence of legality in a town where he is both a former local celebrity as a boxer and a longtime acquaintance and r......more

Bound: Down on the Bayou SunPost Weekly May 19, 2011 | John Hood [URL not allowed] Daniel Woodrell Writes the Lives Behind its Crimes As the Atchafalaya River Basin begins to flood one can’t help thinkin’ that maybe the authorities have read Daniel Woodrell and come away believin’ the folks who liv......more