Posts Tagged: appalachian noir

Episode 212: Jess Montgomery

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Sheriff Lily Ross returns in The Stills, the third installment of Jess Montgomery’s series that takes place in 1920s Prohibition Era Southeastern Ohio. Trouble is, um, brewing and Lily couldn’t be busier: violations of the Volstead Act are everywhere—Lily’s best friend has rekindled her still; Lily’s own mother is reconstituting dried grapes and letting them… Read more »

Episode 109: David Joy

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There is violence, brutality and deep humanity in David Joy’s The Weight of This World, a story about a friendship between two young men as they try to outrace the trauma, neglect, pain and futility each has suffered     Photo of David Joy ©Ashley T. Evans

Episode 41: David Joy

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Where All Light Tends to Go, David Joy’s debut novel, explores an Appalachian Noir realm where fate and hope collide     Is there a choice between the worlds of drugs and murder or love and redemption for Jacob McNeely? Photo of David Joy ©Alan Rhew