February 12, 2020
Bull Mountain
by Brian Panowich
Clayton
Burroughs has spent his whole life trying to be different from the
rest of his family. His father and
brothers ran the biggest moonshine operation on Bull Mountain, and when
prohibition was overturned, they moved on to marijuana, crystal meth, and
guns. To prove that he is not like his
family, Clayton runs for and is elected county sheriff, which doesn’t sit well
with his closest relatives. His brother
Halford has run his illegal businesses like a mafia don and depends on personal
loyalty from those who live on the mountain, but various agencies of the
federal government are closing in. For
good measure, throw in an ATF agent with a serious drug addiction and his own
agenda.
The Godfather meets Winter’s Bone. This is a
quick suspenseful read with well-developed characters that kept me turning the pages, with good concise
writing that doesn’t wander into a lot of unnecessary detail. The story moves back and forth from the
1940’s to the present day with various stops in between, so if you don’t care
for a nonlinear story, this may not be for you. Be warned: there is also a pretty high violence level. Panowich has written two sequels set in the same area (Like Lions and Hard Cash Valley).
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