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Tournament of Books : 2012 (Winner)
Nice cover
Shame about what's between the front and the back
Thing I like most about this book is its cover. Cool. So if that is what you are looking for in a book then you can’t go wrong.
It wasn’t that it was too oddball or too violent for me ... I just found the narrative too sketchy. It was lacking in pace and the climax was indifferent.
The characters were desperate and depressing yet slightly comic. The setting was a western road trip from Oregon City to the goldfields of Sacramento. I missed the point somewhere because I just didn’t engage.
If you want a Western with great characterisation, great vernacular, great narrative ... pick up True Grit
