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title: "The Bayou Trilogy: Under the Bright Lights, Muscle for the Wing, and The Ones You Do"
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# The Bayou Trilogy: Under the Bright Lights, Muscle for the Wing, and The Ones You Do

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- **What is this?** The Bayou Trilogy: Under the Bright Lights, Muscle for the Wing, and The Ones You Do by daniel woodrell
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Imagine a hot night, a cold beer, and listening to a mesmerizing storyteller 'til the sun comes up
  

*by P***C on Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2020*

I got this as an audiobook to listen to on my walks. I loved the stories, I loved the author's voice and Bronson Pinchot's reading (talk about a whiskey and cigarette voice). Stories of good men with bad proclivities and bad men with sometimes holding back on their worst proclivities, and the women who put up with them. I upped my miles so I could keep listening.

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    Solid Cajun noir that gets better with each successive entry
  

*by J***E on Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2014*

The Bayou Trilogy - comprised of the books Under the Bright Lights, Muscle for the Wing, and The Ones You Do - represents some of the earliest efforts by author Daniel Woodrell, who came to my attention after penning the superb Winter's Bone. There's no denying that these are earlier works; they lack some of the polish and flair of Woodrell's later craft, and while they share a lot of traits - both books are Southern noir, and both wear their influences on their sleeve - The Bayou Trilogy lacks the emotional wallop and stark environment of Winter's Bone. But the biggest question is not how The Bayou Trilogy compares to Woodrell's later work; the question really should be, do they work on their own terms? Generally, the answer is yes, although each successive book is an improvement over the one before it. Under the Bright Lights is the simplest tale, orbiting around a local politician who gets murdered and the cover-up that results. It's a solid police tale, but even here, you can tell that Woodrell's passion is in the side trails and the world he's created; here, though, he steadfastly sticks to the plot, and while it's engaging enough, it feels like an assured debut, but not a great one. Muscle for the Wing is a bit looser in its plotting - here, the tale is about a gang of robbers who anger some very powerful men and kill a policeman, and end up bringing down hell as the police align with the town's criminal element to dispense justice. Woodrell gets more leeway in his storytelling here, and his already murky moral lines become fascinatingly gray and flexible and the story spins out of control. Again, the "story" part of the book is probably the least interesting element (though, again, it's perfectly fine and gripping enough); what works best, though, is the character development, the way Woodrell explores the pasts of these men as a way of illuminating their presents. But it's The Ones You Do that finds Woodrell really hitting his stride. The plot here is the simplest yet, involving a long-absent patriarch who's on the run from an angry criminal, but the simple story allows Woodrell to focus on the emotional beats of all of his characters, and to follow them wherever the tale leads them. Sometimes that's into long detours, such as an encounter with a country couple that turns deadly; other times, it's a late-night encounter that ends up telling us far more than we expected about one character's past. But it ends up being the most satisfying of all of the books, and that's largely because Woodrell seems to feel more willing to follow his muse wherever it leads him. It's left me eager to see how Woodrell filled in the years between these books and Winter's Bone - given how The Ones You Do finds him writing, I have a feeling I'll be more than satisfied with whatever I read.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    A different feel from my favorite writer's other novels, but an outstanding read
  

*by K***E on Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2013*

Having started with Winter's Bone and quickly devouring his other novels, I downloaded this one. For sure, a different feel.......kind of the Mickey Spillane gumshoe feel, which is not really my favorite genre, but true to form, you are quickly sucked in and come out the other side having been taken away for a great ride.In this trilogy, I liked the first part least, and though all are related, felt that this one was a bit disjointed from the other two. But parts 2 and 3 are pure gold, and more because of the tawdry aspects and we leave the "city" streets for some back water back drops.I love everything this man has written and hope there is much more to come.

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