Quarry on Cinemax

Here is another drama for you to ponder this week - Quarry from Cinemax.  The show, which premieres tonight, uses the Vietnam era as the background to a bleak soldier's tale. 

Here is how Cinemax defines the show:

'Quarry' is the story of Mac Conway, a Marine who returns home to Memphis from Vietnam in 1972 and finds himself shunned by those he loves and demonized by the public. As he struggles to cope with his experiences at war, Conway is drawn into a network of killing and corruption that spans the length of the Mississippi River. The one-hour drama stars Logan Marshall-Green, Jodi Balfour, Peter Mullan, Nikki Amuka-Bird and Damon Herriman. 

The series is based on the novels of Max Allan Collins, who is also author of The Road to Perdition.  Quarry, first started in 1976, is an extensive series of novels, and Mr. Collins is still writing them.  Here is the list from Wikipedia:

• Quarry (a.k.a. The Broker) (1976, reissued 2015)
• Quarry's List (a.k.a. The Broker's Wife) (1976, reissued 2015)
• Quarry's Deal (a.k.a. The Dealer) (1976, reissued 2016)
• Quarry's Cut (a.k.a. The Slasher) (1977, reissued 2016)
• Quarry's Vote (a.k.a. Primary Target) (1987, reissued 2016)
• Quarry's Greatest Hits (2003)
• The Last Quarry (2006)
• The First Quarry (2008)
• Quarry In The Middle (2009)
• Quarry's Ex (2010)
• The Wrong Quarry (2014)
• Quarry's Choice (2015)
• Quarry In The Black (Coming In 2016)

Should the series go well, Cinemax will never be short of new material.