Author: charlesportis

His wife, Norma, has run off with her ex-husband, taking Ray’s cards, shotgun and car. But from the receipts, Ray can track where they’ve gone. He takes off after them, as does an irritatingly tenacious bail bondsman, both following the romantic couple’s spending as far as Mexico. There Ray meets Dr Reo Symes, the seemingly down-on-his-luck and rather eccentric owner of a beaten up and broken … broken down bus, who needs a ride to Belize. The further they drive, in a car held together by coat-hangers and excesses of oil, the wilder their journey gets. But they’re not going…

A classic #1 New York Times bestseller hailed as “an American masterpiece” (The Boston Globe): After her father is murdered, 14-year-old Mattie Ross and ruthless US marshal Rooster Cogburn embark on a perilous journey through the frontier in pursuit of a killer. “Astonishing” (The Wall Street Journal).