Book: Lonesome Dove

Posted by: Max Dunn on August 30, 2010 20:25:28

Product Details Lonesome Dove: A Novel by Larry McMurtry

When I picked this book up at the library, I couldn't believe it - the book was almost 2 inches thick with 850 pages and weighed as much as a brick! I didn't think there was any way that I would ever finish it, but decided to read the first few pages anyways. To my surprise, I was hooked on the first line:

"When Augustus came out on the porch the blue pigs were eating a rattlesnake -- not a very big one."

After that, I had a hard time putting it down. This was one of the excellent books recommended by my friend Christy Hurlburt. While it is probably the longest book I ever read, I would have liked it to be even longer. As Roger Ebert said "No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough" and that applies to books as well. Thanks Christy for the recommendation!

Created on August 30, 2010 20:36:48 by Max Dunn (69.226.239.5)