Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

A Man and His Thoughts

Galveston by Nic Pizzolatto

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Nic Pizzolatto is most famous for being the creator and auteur of the sometimes popular, sometimes controversial hit tv series True Detective. Before he made that, he wrote this little crime ditty that shares a lot of themes with the show. I’ve been meaning to check it out for awhile. I have both love and antagonism towards True Detective. I love moody crime tales but Pizzolatto feels the need to suffuse his with a lot of existential angst, which sometimes works and often times does not. He likes his […]

Just Go Rewatch True Detective

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After being wowed by True Detective, I remember that somewhere I had a Pizzolatto book, begging to be read.  After I hunted it down, I settled in to be lead into another world on mystery and murder in the South.  Instead, I got disappointment, barely sketched out characters and casual misogyny.  (Granted, this is Pizzolatto’s first foray into writing, but it’s still hard to bridge this first outing to the nuance and character development of True Detective Season 1). Our manly man, Roy, works for […]

True Detective, Texas-style

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Like everyone else, I’ve been swept up by the amazing True Detective on HBO. The storytelling and acting are really great, and I’m looking forward to seeing what happens this weekend on the finale. I really have no idea where its going — but I love reading the theories and speculations all over the internet. Yellow King, Carcosa, Spaghetti Monster, Rust Cohle — they are all amazing creations. I had no idea that the series’ writer, Nic Pizzolatto, was also a novelist. Galveston is about […]



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