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

The Bayou Trilogy: Under the Bright Lights, Muscle for the Wing, and the Ones You DoA hard hitting, critically acclaimed trilogy of crime novels from an author about whom New York magazine has written, "What people say about Cormac McCarthy . . . goes double for Woodrell]. Possibly more." In the parish of St. Bruno, sex is easy, corruption festers, and double dealing is a way of life. Rene Shade is an uncompromising detective swimming in a sea of filth. As Shade takes on hit men, porn kings, a gang of ex cons, and the ghosts of his

A hard-hitting, critically acclaimed trilogy of crime novels from an author about whom New York magazine has written, "What people say about Cormac McCarthy . . . goes double for Woodrell]. Possibly more."

In the parish of St. Bruno, sex is easy, corruption festers, and double-dealing is a way of life. Rene Shade is an uncompromising detective swimming in a sea of filth.

As Shade takes on hit men, porn kings, a gang of ex-cons, and the ghosts of his own checkered past, Woodrell's three seminal novels pit long-entrenched criminals against the hard line of the law, brother against brother, and two vastly different sons against a long-absent father.

The Bayou Trilogy highlights the origins of a one-of-a-kind author, a writer who for over two decades has created an indelible representation of the shadows of the rural American experience and has steadily built a devoted following among crime fiction aficionados and esteemed literary critics alike.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mulholland Books
Published: 04/28/2011
ISBN: 9780316133654
Pages: 496
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.30d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 02/28/2011
Library Journal 11/15/2010 pg. 46
Library Journal Prepub Alert 11/15/2010 pg. 46