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This book tied everything together perfectly

Comanche Moon by Larry McMurtry

October 13, 2024 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

I started this book soon after finishing Dead Man’s Walk back in June. I stalled about 100 pages in, and kind of stopped reading.  I didn’t even remember The Vegetarian by Han Kang until my wife asked me about it after hearing that she was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. Han Kang, that is, not my wife (though, I would totally award my wife a Nobel Prize). Anyway. I talked a co-worker of mine into reading Lonesome Dove a few months ago, and he’s […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Western Tagged With: comanche moon, Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove

ingres77's CBR16 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Western · Tags: comanche moon, Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove ·
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I suppose she’s just dying of living–that’s the one infection that strikes us all down, sooner or later.

Comanche Moon by Larry McMurtry

May 5, 2018 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

I’ve seen the Lonesome Dove miniseries no fewer than 10 times and love it to death. And so when I read the novel, I was blown away by it and by the series again in terms of its adaptation. It’s not a perfect adaptation of what feels like a near perfect novel. So learning much later that there were more books, I was initially thrilled. And then I read Dead Man’s Walk and I was like umm ok, I guess. And the same thing happens […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: comanche moon, Larry McMurtry

vel veeter's CBR10 Review No:129 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: comanche moon, Larry McMurtry ·
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