
REVIEW: Trouble in the Heartland: Crime Fiction Based on the Songs of Bruce Springsteen
I read this book some time ago. It’s easy to see why I ordered it in the first place. Two reasons. The first is obvious: Bruce. The second is less obvious, but still there: crime fiction. I got into the genre a few years ago with Los Angeles Noir. That, by itself, was inspired by the music of Tom Waits … not the book itself, but my wanting to read it. But you know—those Akashic Noir books are more … subtle and elegant, while the Bruce book was just, in too many instances, bru