A review by pearseanderson
Arkansas by John Brandon

5.0

Arkansas is going up there as one of the best crime novels I have ever read. Everything makes so much sense. The characters are brilliantly fleshed out, realistic, charming. The plot is aimless and emotional. The prose is so fucking stellar I want to steal it for my works or hang it on my walls. For a first novel, Brandon has knocked it out of the park. Holy shit. No shit Davy Rothbart loves this. No shit the Coen Brothers probably would. 10/10.