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PRAISE FOR Coydog
“David Tromblay has a gift for short, sweet, snappy Native pulp fictions stories that aren’t full of crap stereotypes, that are entertaining without being ethnographic time sucks.”
—Theo Van Alst Jr., Ph.D., co-editor of Never Whistle at Night
"David Tromblay has created a violent and wistful elegy to small-town America that cuts as sharp as an ice pick and goes twice as deep."
- S.A. Cosby, author of King of Ashes
"COYDOG is fun and kickass but also layered with deeply troubling and complicated questions that linger with you long after reading it."
—BULL Magazine
“A rough and tumble journey through a landscape as colorful as its inhabitants.”
-Steph Post, author of Lightwood
"A natural storyteller with an ear tuned for dialogue and an imagination that will keep readers wide-eyed and guessing, slack-jawed, and entertained. A manhunt shouldn't be this fun."
— David Joy, author of Those We Thought We Knew
"This is one wild ride. You think it'll go left, and it goes right. You think it'll go up, and it goes sideways. David Tromblay is a force, and so is his madman hero, Moses Kincaid."
— Willy Vlautin, author of The Horse
"Quick-witted, fast-paced, unpredictable. COYDOG is a raucous, wide-open, crime-riddled joy ride."
— Michael Farris Smith, author of Salvage This World
"COYDOG is paced like a small-town stock car race without any rules. And funny as hell to boot."
— Scott Phillips, author of The Ice Harvest
"One of the most original voices in crime fiction – wild, wicked, and always surprising. COYDOG is a barnburner of a novel, a rush of unforgettable characters, rich detail, and unsparing truth."
- Lou Berney, author of Dark Ride
“COYDOG pulsates with intensity. It’s scrappy, sharp-edged, wild, and funny. One hell of a memorable ride.”
- William Boyle, author of Saint of the Narrows Street
"With a voice and style all his own, Moses Kincaid leads the reader, by the scruff of the shirt, through his rough and tumble ride from bounty hunting into the Dantean prison system. He doesn't meet a lot of nice people along the way, but it sure is entertaining to watch fall off the page."
— Paul Tremblay, author of Horror Movie
"A welcome addition to the burgeoning crime literature of Oklahoma. Moses Kincaid is the toughest guy in Tulsa."
— Chris Offutt, author of The Killing Hills
"Tromblay writes with a stripped-down ferocity, his sentences lean and sharp as a switchblade, carrying the pulse of classic noir while dragging it through the wreckage of contemporary America...This is a novel that moves fast but cuts deep, a work of grit and consequence. Tromblay understands the old rules well enough to break them with precision, leaving a narrative that feels both timeless and unnervingly current. Coydog doesn’t just prove noir still breathes, it reminds us that its heart beats hardest when the world turns dark."
—Shane Grebel, Watermark Books, Wichita KS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David Tromblay served in both the United States Army and Navy before he earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His memoir As You Were was named one of the Best Nonfiction Books of 2021 by Kirkus Reviews. He now lives in rural eastern Oklahoma with giant dogs and tiny goats.
