Books

I've been reading the Lonesome Dove series, not in order of publication, but in internal chronological order.

Dead Man's Walk
Comanche Moon
Lonesome Dove
Streets of Laredo

I would never have thought to read these books, but I was looking for something to read and my current favourite author, Joe Abercrombie, said Lonesome Dove was the best book he'd ever read so I thought I'd give 'em a whirl. I'm so glad I did. McMurty has such an excellent, calm, matter-of-fact way of telling these stories. I'm most of the way through Lonesome Dove at this point. I think that Comanche Moon is one of the oddest, but most authentic books about mid-19th century Western America I've ever read. The other thing that stands out to me is that each chapter could really be a short story that could stand on its own without any of the other context that the rest of the book provides. It's really a masterclass in storytelling. Can't recommend enough.