“Alligator” looks like the cheapest kind of pulp horror novel upon first glance. The cover, the summary, the title – they all do it no favors in terms of perception. But it is a remarkably compelling book about an economically struggling Everglades town and the hunt for a comically-large killer gator in the local swamps. There’s sneaky depth to it, though, I promise. Join me in the Season 1 finale as I talk about Shelley Katz’s Alligator and issue an invitation to interested readers. *Stick around for a special guest afterward!
“The really compelling aspect of Katz’s natural imagery here is how with few exceptions, everything human seems corrupt, decadent, rotting, and artificial contrasted with the lush, vibrant descriptions of nature and its energy.”
