First published in 1941 and recently revived, Norman Macleod’s semi-autobiographical novel “The Bitter Roots” excavates Missoula’s buried past, including its young men trying to prove themselves amid war, class struggle, and cruelty.
How Missoula provoked a punk kid who became one of indie music’s most polarizing provocateurs—and one of the alternative recording industry’s most revered and principled figures, too.
