By
Nico Vreeland, on May 4th, 2011
[This gripping adventure-Western is a C4 Great Read. Find it and other C4 favorites at our Great Reads shelf at Powell's.]
Author: Patrick deWitt
2011, Ecco
Filed under: Literary, Western
Find it at Powell’s
| C4 Ratings...out of |
10 |
| Language..... |
10 |
| Entertainment..... |
9 |
| Depth..... |
10 |
The Sisters Brothers is a masterfully written Western that features a pair of ruthless hired gunmen, Charlie and Eli Sisters. They’re on a job, which means they’re tracking down a man to kill him. On the way they find floozies, witches, gangs, gunfights, and the growing suspicion that murdering people is killing them.
If you’re just looking for a good book to read, and you like Westerns or adventures or crime fiction, or anything close, just go read it fresh. The rest of this review is for anyone who needs a bit more convincing. …
Continue reading »
By
Eric Markowsky, on May 19th, 2010
This book has been chosen as a Great Read
Author: Wallace Stegner
1938
Filed Under Literary, Historical, Western
| C4 Ratings.....out of |
10 |
| Language..... |
8 |
| Entertainment..... |
7 |
| Depth..... |
9 |
A friend of mine loaned me The Big Rock Candy Mountain as the capstone to a conversation about Great American Novels. Wallace Stegner is an author I’d heard a lot about but never read. As a novice, I was a little intimidated by the bulk of the book. My friend assured me it was well worth the 563 page commitment. And it was. That and more.
The Big Rock Candy Mountain is an American saga about the trials of the Mason family. Set against the historical sweep of the early 20th century, the closing of the West, the First World War, the Roaring Twenties, and the Great Depression, Bo Mason leads his wife and sons in the reckless pursuit of their fortune, leaving his wife Elsa to salvage a life for all of them in the margins of her husband’s endless ambitions. …
Continue reading »
