Of Pete Dexter, C. Max Magee writes: "Dexter is somewhat well-known, he won a National Book Award for Paris Trout in the late 80s, but he's underappreciated. Dexter writes noir. His characters are violent, his plots gripping. Dexter was a newspaper reporter in Philadelphia for a long time before he became a fiction writer, but he has taken that sensibility with him. His fiction lives in the dark alleys, and he manages to imbue his books with a subtle menace. Paris Trout is his best, but the most recent, Train, is quite good, too."
More about Pete Dexter
+ Powell's interview with Dexter
+ Dexter's wikipedia entry
+ Dexter's literature map
+ An excerpt of Train
+ Dexter talks to Leonard Lopate (realmedia)