![]() ![]() I devoured everything I could find by him. And in the early 2000s, at a library bag sale, I discovered the work of George Pelecanos. James Ellroy, Richard Price, and Elmore Leonard were the exceptions. If I liked a book by a writer, it didn’t mean I was going to hunt down every book he or she wrote. ![]() I relied on bag sales and thrift stores and the racks at my local used bookstore and the library. I wasn’t as thorough in those days as I am now. (Was Jewel in it or did I dream that?) But I do remember going to the library to track down Woodrell’s Woe to Live On (the basis for the film) the day after I saw it. I don’t much remember the film, if I’m being totally honest. Lee’s Ride with the Devil, his follow-up to The Ice Storm, provided me with my first exposure to Woodrell. ![]() Like pretty much every great book I discovered in high school and my early college years, I saw the movie first. I should thank Ang Lee for turning me onto Daniel Woodrell in the first place. ![]()
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