Publication
Avalon Travel Publishing (2000), Edition: 1st Grove Press Ed, Paperback, 160 pages
Physical description
160 p.; 8.25 inches
ISBN
9780802136664
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Description
A parody of the western novel featuring a hero who drifts into town to become both sheriff and outlaw. All the elements of the genre are present, from train robbery and runaway stagecoach, to cattle stampede. By the author of The Public Burning.
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LibraryThing member giovannigf
A meta Western that includes every trope and cliche you can think of. Coover manages to transcend postmodernist smugness and delivers an often-funny, compellingly-readable novel with echoes of William S Burroughs and Samuel Beckett. Really terrific.
LibraryThing member billycongo
This book is filled with playful grotesquerie that hits a good balance in terms of the amount of content. The length of the book is so crucial, because there is a certain amount of that stuff that you want, and not more. This is my favorite Coover, though there are some of his books that I won't
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read. He seems to be shadowing me all of my life, whether I read the books or not. Show Less
Original publication date
1998