![]() ![]() As empty as he felt and as empty as the country looked it was too risky going out into it – he might be blown around for days like a broomweed in the wind.” The gray pastures and the distant brown ridges looked too empty. “When he passed the city limits signs he stopped a minute. When it comes down to it, loneliness is often at the heart of the most desperate acts no matter who you are. ![]() He makes it clear that there might be a little something recognizable in those we most despise as well – whether in ourselves or in someone we know quite intimately. He knows the worst of them, the best of them, but most of all he knows that every single one of us has weaknesses. I think he understands men and women equally well. ![]() He hasn’t failed me yet and this book impressed me as much as the others – including his masterpiece, Lonesome Dove. However, Larry McMurtry only illustrates the truth, as disturbing as that may be. If you haven’t read it yet… well, I’m not spilling the beans! Sensitive readers beware. If you’ve read this exceptional novel already, then you’ll know why I can’t help using a silly farm animal analogy. Twenty years ago, if you had asked if I’d like to wallow around in a pool of desperation and loneliness, I would have said it’s kind of you to ask, but no thank you! These days, I take to it like a pig to mud, I guess. ![]()
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