Northwoods Pulp

by Thomas Sparrow

In the hardboiled tradition of James Ellroy, Jim Thompson and James M. Cain....Outlaw snowmobilers heist a bank during a driving blizzard and discover pursuers other than the law. A renegade member of the trench coat gang comes to northern Minnesota for his share, his freedom and his woman. A down-on-his-luck reporter believes he's found his ticket to the big time in the investigation of devil worship in a small Wisconsin town. A young cab driver fails to see the danger as he tries to climb from his low-life run by running with a lawless, high-rolling crowd. Friendly campfires and twinkling stars can conceal a vast darkness in the great northern forest. Some say it is in the land itself. Others point to the people who live there. The raw and plaintive stories in Northwoods Pulp allow for both possibilities.

320 pages, Paperback

First published July 28, 1999

Reviews

[Pixel Rainbow · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the book over all and the style of writing this author has. I felt the stories were well styilized and themed. Each story was its own but they all shared similar underlying characteristics that made them read well upon each other. The third tale was the least satisfying.