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(More customer reviews)I've been a reader of McMurtry's novels for years--I've always enjoyed his storytelling, but what I've seen over the years is a paring down of the details in his stories so that narrative and description of place are becoming displaced by the voice of the protagonists--who are not omnicient, but simply tell the story of themselves in circumstances over which they have no control.
Boone's Lick is a beautiful, simple novel. No--it's not Lonesome Dove and Lonesome Dove fans should not judge Boone's Lick based on their love of only one of McMurtry's novels.
McMurtry went through a dry period which included junk like the sequel to Terms of Endearment (I can't even remember the title of the book, it was so substandard), but I have been moved by both Duane's Dead, and now, Boone's Lick.
Readers who expect a great narrative will be disappointed by this novel. But those who expect subtle character development through the voice of a simple, gentle character to tell a story of the old west will be pleased. I'd advise any reader to be patient, and continue on--by the last 75 pages, I was unable to put the book down and wept at the end.
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