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Butcher's Crossing - John Edward Williams, Michelle Latiolais
Butcher's Crossing
Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781615571857 (161557185X)
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Pages no: 296
Edition language: English
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JeffreyKeeten
JeffreyKeeten rated it
4.0 BUTCHER'S CROSSING BY JOHN WILLIAMS
”You get born, and you nurse on lies, and you get weaned on lies, and you learn fancier lies at school. You live all your life on lies, and then maybe when you’re ready to die, it comes to you that there’s nothing, nothing but yourself and what you could have done. Only you ain’t done it, because th...
modusa
modusa rated it
i was going to give this book a three because it's written very well, but i just couldn't bring myself to do it. the thing of it is, is that i really found it hard to bear. i normally like visceral storytelling, and certainly i get some very clear descriptions of the insides of buffalo, but i don't ...
N.A. Ratnayake
N.A. Ratnayake rated it
4.0 Butcher's Crossing
This is an exciting and well-written novel, setting the viscous brutality and gentle kindness of men against the backdrop of a vivid, nostalgic depiction of the American West. The aspects of human nature which Williams chooses to contrast are counterbalanced by the opposing forces in the wild lands ...
SJane
SJane rated it
death – stupidity – blizzard – carnage – fire – sex – living hellthough not necessarily in that order
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