A review by johndiconsiglio
The Ploughmen by Kim Zupan

1.0

I should have seen trouble coming when the author was described as a carpenter, smelterman (whatever that is) & bareback rodeo rider. Yeah, but can he write? Well, do you think no book is complete without endless descriptions of desolate Montana landscapes? What’s your patience level for “sandstone bluffs bewigged with ancient sage”? And do you really, really like tractors? If you’re more enthralled with John Deere 3020s than a decent Silence-of-the-Lambs-like plot (a troubled young deputy is tasked to guard an aging serial killer), then the smelterman scribe has written the book you’ve been waiting for.