The Last Kind Words Saloon (Limited Edition) (Hardcover)

from lkernagh

What can I say about this one? McMurtry effortlessly captures the essence of the American West: its cowboys, is broad sweeping frontiers and its lawlessness as only he can. Billed by Joyce Carol Oates as being a "comically subversive work of fiction" I appreciated the banter that McMurtry has his...

from maryreinert

[Many famous western characters make cameos in McMurtry's first novel in five years, which continues in the farcical vein of the Berrybender series. An English lord, accompanied by his beautiful mistress, teams up with Charles Goodnight to found a vast cattle ranch near Palo Duro Canyon, Texas-an...

from LyndaInOregon

This is not the best of McMurtry's work. Having said that, it's still studded with his trademark dialogue and quirky characters, which puts it head and shoulders above most of the genre. There are still a lot of Western tropes here – an Indian attack, a cattle stampede, gamblers, gunslingers, and...

from lkernagh

What can I say about this one? McMurtry effortlessly captures the essence of the American West: its cowboys, is broad sweeping frontiers and its lawlessness as only he can. Billed by Joyce Carol Oates as being a "comically subversive work of fiction" I appreciated the banter that McMurtry has his...

from HenryKrinkle

If you're looking for an epic doorstop Western, look elsewhere. One review I saw likened it to a high plains "Looking for Godot", which is not a bad description. Great dialogue, but the compression of historical events and characters leads to some confusing passages.