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reviewed Deadwood by Pete Dexter (Contemporary American fiction)

Pete Dexter: Deadwood (Paperback, 1989, Penguin) 4 stars

This novel by the National Book Award-winning author Pete Dexter captures with lean and rugged …

Review of 'Deadwood' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Very entertaining - close to 5 stars. The dialogue is great, at times reminiscent of Beckett. The author was, of course, restricted by the actual events in Deadwood, so I wished that some relationships could persist, but I guess that's the point. As Agnes Lake says, Things don't care how they happen, that's left for us, to care.