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Title: Pray there is no sequel.
Review: If you are a native of Kansas this book may be a delight. One gets a profound sense of the bifurcation of the Kansas Plains to the industrial machinations of city life. However, if one is looking for literature I recommend looking elsewhere. Even though Cattle Drive is a delightful little tale it leaves the reader with a bad taste in his or her mouth. Why? There is an implicit urge present in the story that verges on Egotism of the highest sort where it is obvious the author struggles not with narrative but his own fascination at his ability to type words. Moreover, the novel would work better if the voice were autodiegetic instead of didactic. If you found that last sentence furstrating don't read the book. Incidently I do recommend the movie City Slickers with Billy Crystal, a tour de force of cinematic comedy. Crystal got it right. Day didn't. Sorry, Mr. Day I hope your next novel acheives what this one obviously aspries to but ultimately fails at.
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