Tina 's Reviews > The Sharpshooter Blues

Darkly comedic and grotesque at the same time, this piece of Southern Lit is filled with larger than life characters. My two favorites being The Prince of Darkness (the town undertaker) and Marshal Webber (the law man). The former throws black looks at folk, wears only black and white and enjoys a good Shakespeare play if there are not too many Breck commercial interruptions, The later is a large and nearly seven foot tall lawman who is scared of his own shadow and worried about seeing things that will give him nightmares. I thought about the movie Big Fish a lot when I read this book by little known Southern writer Norton. Lots of tall tales and tall characters like Big Fish - a movie I love though I have yet to read the book.

While I liked Sharpshooter Blues in the end, I can't say I found it to be as great as touted by other reviewers or my book club members. So, my 3 star "likable" rating is where I sign off.