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Title: The Wandering Hill (Berrybender Narratives) by Larry McMurtry ISBN: 0-7434-5142-2 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.6 (20 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Berrybender Saga Continues
Comment: This book picks up right where Sin Killer left off. Literally. I read these books consecutively and they could easily had been packaged as one six hundred pager.
This is not Lonesome Dove in several ways. Where any of the four Lonesome Dove books could be read as a stand-alone, I don't think The Wandering Hill would make any sense to someone who had not first read Sin Killer. McMurtry is also writing this series as a sort of Black Comedy. The characters are less well developed, the plot just conveniently happens and there is scant background or development. Just action and happenings.
As for the Black Comedy, think of an R-rated version of the old TV show "The Adams Family." Quirky characters abound, led by a loony father, unreal supporting characters and a strong female who by far possesses the most intense drive and assertiveness of any of the lot.
In this book, the Berrybenders and hangers-on -- reduced by Indian attacks, self-inflicted wounds, attempted familycide and the elements -- winter on the Yellowstone River before heading South toward Santa Fe.
Various Indians come into play and the fearsome "The Partezon" looms on the edge of the story, ready to strike havoc like Blue Duck or Mox Mox in McMurtry's other westerns. Historical figures are also woven into the plot, including Lewes and Clark's French guide Charbonneau to Kit Carson and other mountain men. The central part of the story remains the wily Tasmine, oldest of the Berrybender children and Jim Snow, aka "The Sin Killer" an American mountain man who alternates between remaining the wild loner of the range and being Mr. Tasmine Berrybender now that he has fathered a child by his amazing English bride - a woman he can't begin to fathom and who astounds him at every turn.
This series remains quite a ride. The action -- much of involving fornication or rutting (as the characters put it) -- comes quickly and certainly page after page. Although thin with somewhat weakly drawn characters, McMurtry can still tell a good story.
Rating: 4
Summary: Part II of the Berrybender's Western Travels
Comment: This book picks up right where "Sin Killer" left off. Literally. I read these books consecutively and they could easily had been packaged as one six hundred pager.
This is not "Lonesome Dove" in several ways. Where any of the four Lonesome Dove books could be read as a stand-alone, I don't think The "Wandering Hill" would make any sense to someone who had not first read Sin Killer. McMurtry is also writing this series as a sort of Black Comedy. The characters are less well developed, the plot just conveniently happens and there is scant background or development. Just action and happenings.
As for the Black Comedy, think of an R-rated version of the old TV show "The Adams Family." Quirky characters abound, led by a loony father, unreal supporting characters and a strong female who by far possesses the most intense drive and assertiveness of any of the lot.
In this book, the Berrybenders and hangers-on -- reduced by Indian attacks, self-inflicted wounds, attempted familycide and the elements -- winter on the Yellowstone River before heading South toward Santa Fe.
Various Indians come into play and the fearsome "The Partezon" looms on the edge of the story, ready to strike havoc like Blue Duck or Mox Mox in McMurtry's other stories. Historical figures are also woven into the plot from Lewes and Clark's French guide Charbonneau to Kit Carson and other mountain men. The central part of the story remains the wily Tasmine, oldest of the Berrybender children and Jim Snow, aka "The Sin Killer" an American mountain man who alternates between remaining the wild loner of the range and Mr. Tasmine Berrybender now that he has fathered a child by his amazing English bride - a woman he can't begin to fathom and who astounds him at every turn.
This series remains quite a ride. The action -- much of involving fornication or rutting (as the characters put it) -- comes quickly and certainly page after page. Although thin with somewhat weakly drawn characters, McMurtry can still tell a good story.
Rating: 2
Summary: Still waiting........
Comment: This book will be a dissapointment to Lonesome Dove fans. I did not see character development to speak of, action was absent, plot was thin, and after 400 pages, I was still waiting for some excitement. As part of a 1600 page book (four novels), it might be ok, but not as a stand alone work. I'm glad I only spent the money for a paperback.
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Title: Sin Killer : The Berrybender Narrative, Book 1 by Larry McMurtry ISBN: 0743451414 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: By Sorrow's River : The Berrybender Narratives, Book 3 (MCMURTRY, LARRY) by Larry McMurtry ISBN: 0743233042 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Folly and Glory : A Novel (MCMURTRY, LARRY) by Larry McMurtry ISBN: 0743233050 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 04 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Boone's Lick : A Novel by Larry McMurtry ISBN: 0671040588 Publisher: Pocket Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Sacagawea's Nickname: Essays on the American West by Larry McMurtry ISBN: 0940322927 Publisher: New York Review of Books Pub. Date: 09 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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