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Taking this anthology slow.
These interconnected stories are first-person narratives, each voiced by a character calling himself John.
They’re hardboiled tales involving bad cops, ex-cons, guys on the run, guys violating terms of their paroles, working “straight” gigs as loggers in Upstate New York.
Violence dogs them like a bad cough they can’t shake.
Amazing writer - a modern Steinbeck or Hemingway.
— Dec 19, 2025 05:26AM
These interconnected stories are first-person narratives, each voiced by a character calling himself John.
They’re hardboiled tales involving bad cops, ex-cons, guys on the run, guys violating terms of their paroles, working “straight” gigs as loggers in Upstate New York.
Violence dogs them like a bad cough they can’t shake.
Amazing writer - a modern Steinbeck or Hemingway.
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No way am I going to be finished with this anthology by the end of the year.
I’ll still be reading these stories as we enter the New Year. But I have to start a Nelson Algren novel I 1st read in junior high school.
— Dec 28, 2025 08:07AM
I’ll still be reading these stories as we enter the New Year. But I have to start a Nelson Algren novel I 1st read in junior high school.
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Don’t get why the author -Scott Wolven- isn’t being raved about across the reading universe.
Short stories of beautiful-losers, sentimentally unsentimental about real men and women, bent but square shooters, weathering quiet emotional breakdowns and tests of their soul’s resilience.
Criminals and ex-cons working blue collar gigs attempting to go straight.
As great as Wolven’s first collection of stories.
— Dec 09, 2025 04:31AM
Short stories of beautiful-losers, sentimentally unsentimental about real men and women, bent but square shooters, weathering quiet emotional breakdowns and tests of their soul’s resilience.
Criminals and ex-cons working blue collar gigs attempting to go straight.
As great as Wolven’s first collection of stories.
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Really must get around to reading this guy. Have this book and Controlled Burn, which I've been meaning to read for some time.
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These are brilliant stories - in both anthologies. This guy writes stuff about guys who are dangerous, know how to do what to do in a fix, and Wolven’s writing style is akin to the Daniel Woodrell. There’s compassion for the working poor and beleaguered ex-cons accused of vague criminal acts sometime in the distant past. Truly astonishing talent.
Still wrote: "These are brilliant stories - in both anthologies. This guy writes stuff about guys who are dangerous, know how to do what to do in a fix, and Wolven’s writing style is akin to the Daniel Woodrell...."Sounds good. Next read then. Locked in. I'm a big fan of Daniel Woodrell.
