"Lonesome Dove" was the most surprising book in years for me - I do not like westerns, and that book is a western - but guess what: I loved it!
One of the best books and simply the best imho in its genre.
One of the best books and simply the best imho in its genre.
Roald Dahl: "True Grit is the best novel to come my way for a very long time. What book has given me greater pleasure in the last five years? Or in the last twenty? What a writer."
Donna Tartt: "I cannot think of another novel—any novel—which is so delightful to so many disparate age groups and literary tastes [as True Grit]."
The more recent film is more faithful to the novel than the 60s/70s one.
"Butcher's Crossing" is another one that springs to mind.