Keith Scribner's new novel is
Old Newgate Road.
At CrimeReads he tagged eight modern classics of rural noir, including:
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things, Bryn Greenwood
Set against the backdrop of meth dealers and their thugs, poverty, alcoholism, broken families, and abuse, Greenwood’s novel is ultimately about how people care for each other in such a harsh and corrosive environment. In this slowly unfolding love story, we gasp at the developing relationship between a girl and a (much older) young man, but at the same time recognize its inevitability. The book is provocative, unsettling, and honest, and much of its success lies in Greenwood’s ability to make us feel the genuine love between these two so powerfully that we suspend judgment.
Read about
the other entries on the list.
--Marshal Zeringue
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