masterful story telling, a classic

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Lonesome Dove is some of the most masterful story telling i have read. McMurtry's prose remind me so much of the best of Steinbeck. The passages often take on a literary life of their own with their cadence and color, something that is rare and special. And the story. . . Lonesome Dove is an epic saga of quest and purpose with a varied and colorful cast of characters that are painted vivid and rich. This story has "all the things", love and hate, triumph and tragedy, victory and defeat, in the context of the newly opened American West. This classic tale deserves the "must read" status. McMurtry studied under Wallace Stegner at Stanford Univ, which is also where Steinbeck spent some college years. I don't know if there is any overlap that is significant, but McMurtry's writing, especially Lonesome Dove, is of the same classic status as Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden. A wonderful book that i want to re-read after re-watching the series. Excellent!

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