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Tag: American West

The truths of a real place and time

March 24, 2024 ~ The Longest Chapter ~ Leave a comment

“No More Giants,” first published in 1966, fell into obscurity but is now back in print. Set in the American West in the 1940s, the novel’s narrator searches for the key to her brother’s death when they were growing up on the family’s cattle ranch. All I wanted to do was read this book.

Shannon Pufahl’s “On Swift Horses”

December 3, 2019 ~ The Longest Chapter ~ Leave a comment

This fiction debut features gambling lost souls in the American West during the 1950s. It's written with gorgeous prose. Here's what the story is about.

The beast in the west

June 14, 2018 ~ The Longest Chapter ~ Leave a comment

"West" is a slim, first novel written with such beautiful, captivating prose it makes a memorable impression on one's reading life. Truly a one-of-kind story.

Stories of corruption, madness and thievery

March 18, 2017 ~ The Longest Chapter ~ 3 Comments

Don't be quick to shy away from "The Man Who Shot Out My Eye Is Dead" because it's short stories. The collection offers a distinguished lot, full of crime and mayhem.

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