Thrilled to have the opportunity to review the latest from Barry Gifford, the author of Wild at Heart, Lost Highway and The Up-Down, the final chapter in the Sailor and Lula saga:
Written in Gifford’s trademark, modular style, “The Up-Down” rockets along at a breakneck pace. Gifford is a master of the set piece in the tradition of Nelson Algren: larger-than-life characters, ribald dialogue and an uninhibited spirit that seesaws between the profound and the profane.