Sin Killerby Larry McMurtry | |
| Category: |
"Fiction - Western" |
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| Pages: | 300 |
| Year of Publication: | 2002 |
| Date Added: | 01/22/2021 |
| Date Read: | 06/07/2026 |
| Notes: | English Lord Berrybender decides to tour the American west by steamboat in 1832. He takes along his wife, six of his 14 children, his mistress, and a whole lot of servants. Berrybender is so stubborn and self-centered that he pays no attention as his wife falls down the stairs to his death, as his oldest daughter, Tasmin, repeatedly wanders off into the prairie and marries trapper Jim Snow on a whim, as one of his sons disappears, or when another of his daughters is captured by Indians and repeatedly beaten and raped before being purchased back. Berrybender doesn't even seem to notice when he shoots off three toes, has three fingers cut off by an Indian, or loses a leg to frostbite. Other members of the trooop are constantly dying or disappearing. The book ends with the steamboat stuck in the ice 100 miles from the fort where they were to spend the winter. |
| My Rating: | 4 |
Reviewed by Roger on 2026-06-07 20:02:01
