A love story, an adventure, and an epic of the frontier, Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize— winning classic, Lonesome Dove, the third book in the Lonesome Dove tetralogy, is the grandest novel ever written about the last defiant wilderness of America. Journey to the dusty little Texas town of Lonesome Dove and meet an unforgettable assortment of heroes and outlaws, whores and ladies, Indians and … settlers. Richly authentic, beautifully written, always dramatic, Lonesome Dove is a book to make us laugh, weep, dream, and remember.
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One of my top ten novels of all time. Gus and Call are marvelous, unforgettable characters.
One of the best books ever. An epic tale where the plot is simple– a cattle drive from Texas to Montana. What happens along the way is you fall in love with the characters.
Candidate for best book I’ve read, ever.
This book is so many things. It’s a ballad and an homage to the American west – but one that never falls victim to romance. It’s a story of friendship, family, and love (but it’s definitely not a love story, or at least not any love story you’d want to read). It’s an action-heavy page-turner driven by …
There was a time in my childhood in the late 80s when all the adults I knew seemed to be reading Lonesome Dove. The book and the miniseries it spawned seemed like the quintessential blockbuster of that era.
I had mostly forgotten about Lonesome Dove until @ellier’s review here. Since Ellie was so positive about it, and I was curious about the …
One of the most amazing novels ever written. Larry takes you to the old west and by the end of the journey you feel like you have been in the desert rustling cattle sleeping on bed rolls chewing plug tobacco and playing poker for a poke lol
Entertaining as hell while also saying some profound things about the human experience … and probably the best Western ever written, to boot.
I’ve had a trepidation to reading any novels from the Western genre, mainly because of the clichés and the typical tropes that come with them from literature, movies, television, comic books, and more. But my wife purchased a used copy of this novel and told me she had always wanted to read Lonesome Dove. I had a curiosity about Larry McMurtry as …
This is one of those books where you have to just be patient. The first part of the book is very slow going. But if you stick with it, you will be extremely happy you did. The story is fantastic. The characters are unforgettable. Forget the TV series though it was well-done. The book is far, far better (always the case, isn’t it?). I laughed. I …
This is my top favorite book of all time. Its been on top since I read it shortly after it came out in paperback. This is one of those great books where I remember the segment of my life while reading it. That’s how strong the Fictive Dream is in this book: Where were you when? The book has two of the most endearing characters of all time, there’s …
McMurtry’s best? Maybe, although Streets Of Laredo is very close. I’m always undone (in a good way) by McMurtry’s intimate yet casual insights into his characters. The worry’s that occupy his characters are so mundane and humanly common (Brookshire trying to keep his hat on his head in the opening chapter of Streets of Laredo, for instance) that …
A perfect novel for a long train ride. Brilliant story telling.
This is probably my favorite book of all time. Highly recommend it.
An amazing epic of the old west that takes you on a perilous journey from Texas on a cattle drive to Montana full of all kinds of characters from prostitutes, to cooks, to Indians, to Mexicans, creatures, food, rough life, and life and death dangers of the old west. You will be sad that it ends because you are left feeling that you actually knew …
it feels like the way the west really was.
This book tops my favorite book of all time.
There is tragedy in the adventure, of course, but Gus can be very witty and funny.
I loved everything about this book.
One of my all time favorite books!!
Larry Mcmurtry is a prolific writer who breathes life into every character
and keeps you hooked until the last page.
One of the best books ever!!!