I have had real trouble finding a "western" book as well. I have been toying with the idea that To Kill a Mockingbird, which I am currently reading, could be squeezed into it, but I think that is stretching the genre beyond breaking point. Yours is most definitely closer (mine being merely set in America 
), but I am not a great fan of gory violence. This genre may be my downfall.
), but I am not a great fan of gory violence. This genre may be my downfall.Like many Europeans I've a lingering fondness for Karl May, but I'd be interested in someone doing a more serious critical review of his books.
And yes, To Kill a Mockingbird really is not a Western, though if this is your first time reading it, I'm certainly interested in your thoughts on that one as well.
Cormac McCarthy - Blood Meridian; Or The Evening Redness in the West
- 18/04/2011 06:53:02 PM
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I had been considering this one
- 18/04/2011 07:10:06 PM
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You could read Winnetou and critique Karl May?
- 18/04/2011 07:25:47 PM
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And especially for Tom: McCarthy using repetition and polysyndeta to great effect.
- 18/04/2011 07:32:43 PM
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The Judge is one of the most interesting and terrifying characters I have read.
- 19/04/2011 02:29:03 PM
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