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Sin Killer: A Novel (The Berrybender Narratives)
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Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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In Larry McMurtry's Sin Killer, the first novel of a major four-volume work, it is 1830, and the Berrybender family, rich aristocratic English, and fiercely out of place, is on its way up the Missouri River to see the American West as it begins to open up. At the core of the book is daughter Tasmin's relationship with Jim Snow, frontiersman, ferocious Indian fighter, and part-time preacher (known up and down the Missouri as the "Sin Killer"), the strong, handsome, silent Westerner who captures her heart.
Larry McMurtry has created a wonderfully engaging family confronting every bigger-than-life personality of the frontier as the Berrybenders make their way up the great river, surviving attacks, discomfort, savage weather, and natural disaster. At once epic, comic, and as big as the West itself, it is the kind of novel that only Larry McMurtry can write.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780743246842
ISBN: 0743246845
Label: Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: 2005-08-02
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Studio: Simon & Schuster
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:
Mildly amusing -
This is a lot like Abbott and Costello times six go west. The comedic acts of the Berrybender family are numerous and many are amusing if not believable. What was most disappointing about the book was the abruptness of the ending. While I went into knowing it was the first installment of a series, the events didn't come to any sort of reasonable stopping place and events seemed more to be lopped off with a cleaver. I read many series and I don't recall any of them having ended so abruptly. Still, I confess, I will be reading on. The Sin Killer, Jim Snow, does have a certain magnetism that will keep my reading on.
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Read With a Smirk of My Face -
"Sin Killer" chronicles the wild west experiences of the English Berrybender family, who have left their comfortable Newhamptonshire to come to the new world on a "whim," and for Lord Albany Berrybender to shoot at game not native to his own country. The story is filled with the problems of survival associated with early exploration of the west - attacks of "red savages," navigating unknown waters and lands, finding food, and withstanding strong winters. The romance of a Berrybender daughter, Taisman, with Jim Snow, a frontiersman, known also as the "Sin Killer," propels much of the story.
McMurtry's "Sin Killer" is a western with the genre's classic themes: a lone frontiersman of few words who has a mysterious, complicated past, the nearly constant action of Native American and white man warring, and romantic and sexual undertones amongst many characters on many pages. Although McMurtry won a Pulitzer for "Lonesome Dove," readers should not expect "Sin Killer" to deserve a place in the same reading room. Some will love this book; others will find it among the most stupid things they have encountered in print.
More absurd than realistic but great storytelling -
This first in the Berrybender series sets the stage for the future books by presenting most of the characters, with their unique personalities and their individual priorities, in the first few chapters. The setting of an English family riding up the Missouri hunting for game allows for great story-telling and wild adventures, and Sin Killer does not disappoint. Balancing fear and terror, with passion and humor, the people seem to move from one problem to another with a seemingly objective acceptance of each situation. The absurdity of the setting and the reactions of the people often seem antithetical to the harsh realities of the early West. This incongruousness is jarring at times, and at other times confusing but makes for a jolly romp through the story.
It is difficult, however, to deal with McMurtry's lack of character building and lack of thorough descriptions of the land and the people. Many writers build long runways and describe in detail how that is done, but McMurtry jumps in the plane and takes off! The reader learns about the people from the events and the reactions rather than through careful examination. This makes for a feeling of randomness and a suspicion of a lack of direction and goals. Still, it is hard to be too critical since the story does move quickly and is rather engaging all the way to the end.
Of the four books in the series, By Sorrow's River remains my favorite, but Sin Killer is an admirable first book. As to the inevitable comparisons to Lonesome Dove, I resist doing so due to the inherent unfairness of such endeavors. Larry McMurtry is an important writer today whose books should be judged individually rather than compared to previous production.
What is all the fuss about? -
Dear Reader,
If you're a fan of the western genre steer well clear of this hocus pocus.
It feels like it was written by O.Henry in drag.
Gothic, British telemundo and death . . . writ large.
I'd like to write more but disappointment overwhelms me.
B. Marvin
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Never a dull moment -
A great book for a cold, snowy day. It ends leaving you wanting to grab the next book right away.
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