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Title: Apologies to The Virginian.
Review: This is a depressing western novel in which the main character robs a bank, kills some innocent people, kills some bad people and falls in love with a woman who is not exactly one of the upright ladies of the old west. None of the people in this book have any redeeming qualities except the Indians and the posse chasing the main character, Tom. This is little more than Bonnie and Clyde on horse back. The writing was okay and the plot did have me engaged, but I kept hoping the "hero" would get caught by the posse and strung up from a high limb of the nearest tree. The point of the story is that we should feel sympathy for him. I didn't. It would have been an interesting story if the marshall chasing this guy would have been the main character. Some of the characterizations are well drawn, but most were people I wouldn't want to hang around-even in a book. I must add that I like westerns and edgy characters, but this was not worth my time or yours.
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