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The Outlaw Album: Stories
by Daniel Woodrell
by Daniel Woodrell
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bookshelves: mystery-thriller, thriller, arc
Dec 31, 11
bookshelves: mystery-thriller, thriller, arc
Read from November 02 to 04, 2011
These are stories of the darkness of the heart, in which he writes so well about. He has conjured up a motley crew of characters here, some you will find are brutal and dysfunctional. Immerse yourself in the bleak and black abyss as dark as sin itself. There is also tenderness and loyalty in these stories between husbands and wives, parents and children, brothers and sisters, and comrades in arms.
His prose is unique. Characters memorable.
The stories that stood out for me more for their darkness and characters are these that follow.
The Echo of Neighborly Bones
It's nice to have good neighbors. In this story it's not the case, plus one is a foreigner a northerner to the main protagonist. And oh boy does he dish out violence and brutality. But you got to say he had it coming.
Uncle
A tale of retribution. An evil uncle who abuses one too many girls gets payback at the hands of a niece.
Florianne
Florianne is Henrys daughter he tells us of her gone missing or probably dead. He is hoping to find her and suspects all, in a paranoid way, as guilty who give slightly different look of the eye.
Dreamspot
A dysfunctional couple driving along spot a hitch hiker and decide to stop. Something irreversible happens.
Review also on my webpage here
His prose is unique. Characters memorable.
The stories that stood out for me more for their darkness and characters are these that follow.
The Echo of Neighborly Bones
It's nice to have good neighbors. In this story it's not the case, plus one is a foreigner a northerner to the main protagonist. And oh boy does he dish out violence and brutality. But you got to say he had it coming.
Uncle
A tale of retribution. An evil uncle who abuses one too many girls gets payback at the hands of a niece.
Florianne
Florianne is Henrys daughter he tells us of her gone missing or probably dead. He is hoping to find her and suspects all, in a paranoid way, as guilty who give slightly different look of the eye.
Dreamspot
A dysfunctional couple driving along spot a hitch hiker and decide to stop. Something irreversible happens.
Review also on my webpage here
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Nov 06, 2011 12:38pm
I saw Woodrell a couple of weeks ago at an author event in Scottsdale. As you might imagine, he's a very interesting guy and I'm anxious to get to this book.
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