![]() When Lake Charles opens, Brendan is a pothead. I think he’d make for a solid pal if I ever faced the same jams he runs up against while knocking around Lake Charles. Write what you know, see? But that’s where the parallels end since Brendan and I are little alike. When I set out to write my new Appalachian noir Lake Charles, I wanted to place my young protagonist Brendan Fishback at near the same age I was in 1979. Everybody recalls (or will recall someday) their salad days, hopefully, with a fond regard. 44 Mags) for a few years, so I wasn’t a total rookie. Actually, I’d worked in a gun factory (we made. ![]() in History, worthless except I could write a decipherable English sentence, so I got hired on as a tech writer in President Reagan’s defense industry buildup. The good, old days-yeah, right.Īlso in 1979, I graduated from a state university with a B.A. I can’t tell you how many of those mothers I bought, chewed through, and cursed like a rap star about. No, 1979 had the slick marvel of 8-track tapes. ![]() Saddam Hussein became the president of Iraq (he’d show up again a couple decades later.) Ex-Playboy bunny Blondie scored a hit with “Heart of Glass.” But there were no cell phones. I remember it all too well.Ī gallon of gas ran you 90 cents. Today, however, I am pleased to welcome Ed for a guest post about the story behind the story.Īh yes, 1979. Tomorrow I will be reviewing Lake Charles, the latest novel from author Ed Lynskey. ![]()
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