Book Review

Night People (1992)

EW's GRADE
D

Details Writer: Barry Gifford; Genres: Drama, Fiction; Publisher: Grove Press

In one of these four ragtag novellas, a sleazy Deep South preacher tells his parishioners, ''You go to them cops 'n' robbers movies, or watch them silly TV shows, or read comic books...And it's fun because why? Because you know it's not real.'' Barry Gifford's Night People can be fun for the same reason. But unlike his successful Wild at Heart, these tales of death by misadventure are too goofy to be taken seriously. D

Originally posted Oct 30, 1992 Published in issue #142 Oct 30, 1992 Order article reprints

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