A review by greyscarf
The Bayou Trilogy: Under the Bright Lights, Muscle for the Wing, and the Ones You Do by Daniel Woodrell

3.0

3.5 instead of 3. I think what makes these novels so compelling is that I keep thinking there's going to be a big climactic shoot-em-up, mainly because the tension in these novels burns so slowly, I expect a huge bang. But, when the end does come, it is gritty, straightforward, with little fanfare and surprising poetry. Woodrell fools me every time, with excellent results. I think he must carry the Shades around with him all of the time, because I doubt there is any way that their stories don't continue. I know I keep thinking about them. Bravo sir!