Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
Taste attributes: westernadventuredramaslowheavyrealisticlineargrittybig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeA moving western that is sweeping, grounded and serious. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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4.3 / 5
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About This Book
Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry, the author of Terms of Endearment, is his long-awaited masterpiece, the major noel at last of the American West as it really was.
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- Author
- Larry McMurtry
- Published
- 1985
- Pages
- 945
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