A review by staticdisplay
No Regrets, Coyote by John DuFresne

4.0

I read this short series backwards. I found the second book more chaotic and frenetic, so I was over-prepared for book #1. I appreciate Dufresne as a writer for creating a character who is so removed from the violence and depravity of the content of the book (the story is incredibly dark, with serial murder, dismemberment, rape, cannibalism, organized crime, etc); Wylie manages to remain fussy and prim even as he gets entangled in increasingly violent and life-threatening situations (he repeatedly files written complaints). I enjoy the madcap way the story unspools, with all of the many characters and (perhaps) excessive backstory and personal details about people who appear only once. it's really a lot to cover in relatively a short novel. I'm sad there's only 2 books in this series.