Sin Killer (Western Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (967 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0743525116 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 319 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
At the very core of the story is Tasmin's fast-developing relationship with Jim Snow, frontiersman, ferocious Indian fighter, and part-time preacher. Known up and down the Missouri as "the Sin Killer," he's the handsome, silent Westerner who eventually captures her heart. As they journey by rough stages up the Missouri River, they meet with all the dangers, difficulties, temptations, and awesome natural scenery of the untamed West. Lord and Lady Berrybender have abandoned their palatial home in England to explore the frontier and to broaden the horizons of their children, who include Tasmin, a budding young woman of grit, beauty, and determination, her vivacious and difficult sister, and her brother. Sin Killer is an adventure story full of incident, and suspense, as well as a charming love story between a headstrong and aristocratic young Englishwoman and the stubborn, shy, and very American Jim Snow. Against the immense backdrop of the American West, Larry McMurtry tracks this engaging family as they make their way up the great river, surviving attacks, discomfort, savage weather, and natur
Author sold out F. Booth This book is one of the current flood of "mini-novels" so prevalent on Amazon. The book is very short. Problem is there is no such warning; I expected better form Mr. McMurtry, given his previous illustrious work. This "booklet" is written at Jr. high level at best. It's overrun with characters, mostly poorly developed. The entire Berrybender saga (4-books), might have made one decent sized novel. . smflarry said Definitely not McMurtry at his best! Whimsically and capriciously written by McMurtry. I made it through this first of the four books in the series, somehow, but it took a lot of effort. Definitely not McMurtry at his best! Whimsically and capriciously written by McMurtry.. "I love Larry McMurtry but you have to get through the" according to Kim Willis. I love Larry McMurtry but you have to get through the first part of the book before you get used to the way the story is told. Its a bit improbable there is just too much shoved into the story but after a while you get hooked into the book and the series. What I don't like is how each book in the series ends- reminiscent of a commercial break on TV- where the story breaks at an exciting point- then
Thanks largely to Sin Killer's gallery of colorful personalities, McMurtry keeps most of the action firmly in the realm of fish-out-of-water farce. Sin Killer should please McMurtry's many fans, who now have much to look forward to. The first installment of a proposed tetralogy, The Berrybender Narratives, Sin Killer follows the adventures of the Berrybenders, a large, noble English family traveling the Missouri River in 1832. Though Sin Killer focuses on a love story and contains plenty of realistic violence, McMurtry's efficient voice and matter-of-fact perspective leaves little room for tragedy or sentimentality, instead emphasizing high comedy. Snow, an Indian killer raised by natives, is a stoical, God-fearing man who won't toler