How to Write a Novel on One of North Americas Bloodiest Conflicts
Don Winslow never intended to write a follow-up book to his 2005 novel The Power of the Dog. It was a brutal story about the war on drugsone famous incident involved a man throwing two children off a bridgeand he didn't want to revisit that subject matter. When people suggested he write a sequel, he says he would hang up the phone or storm out of the room. "I did not want to write this book," Winslow says.