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L'amour No More: (Semi) Literary Westerns
A Listmania! list by David N (London)

1. Warlock (New York Review Books Classics) by Oakley Hall

The list author says:
	"An epic, psychologically acute analogue of the OK Corral saga with more than a passing resemblance to HBO's "Deadwood"."

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2. Blood Meridian: Or, the Evening Redness in the West (Picador Books) by Cormac McCarthy

The list author says:
	"Bounty hunters carve a bloody swathe along the Mexican border in possibly McCarthy's greatest novel. Immensely violent, beautiful, incredibly ambitious."

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3. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford by Ron Hansen

The list author says:
	"Beautifully written account of the last days of Jesse James and his relationship with his killer."

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4. Desperadoes by Ron Hansen

The list author says:
	"Hansen's first Western is almost as good, following the Dalton gang to their spectacular downfall."

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5. Bucking the Tiger by Bruce Olds

The list author says:
	"Superbly experimental and poetic portrayal of Doc Holliday."

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6. Mamaw: A Novel of an Outlaw Mother by Susan Dodd

The list author says:
	"The life of Jesse James' mother, imaginitively told."

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7. Black Robe (Paladin Books) by Brian Moore

The list author says:
	"A catholic priest tries to convert Algonquin Indians on a journey into the early colonial interior. Fenimore Cooper turf. But he never wrote like this."

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8. True Grit by Charles Portis

The list author says:
	"So much better than the film, and told in a beautifully convincing and distinctive voice."

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9. Deadwood by Pete Dexter

The list author says:
	"Wild Bill Hickok arrives in a small mining town in the Black Hills and Dexter paints a panorama of the world around him. Stunning."

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10. Little Big Man by Thomas Berger

The list author says:
	"Funny, epic, involving, moving throughout. Again - much better than the film.."

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11. Silver Light by David Thomson

The list author says:
	"A meditation upon both the West and the Western from one of the best living film critics."

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12. Welcome to Hard Times by Edgar L. Doctorow

The list author says:
	"The classic bad-man-comes-to-town scenario turned on its head."

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13. Hombre by Elmore Leonard

The list author says:
	"Leonard's best Western is this spare, rivetting tale. All his Westerns are great though."

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14. Last Reveille by David Morrell

The list author says:
	"Morrell's first few books are fantastic and this might just be his best - a brilliant cavalry Western, recalling Elmore Leonard but more experimental and risky."

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15. The Englishman's Boy by Guy Vanderhaeghe

The list author says:
	"Another novel dealing with both the West and the Western, and doing a nice, low-key job."

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16. The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left Handed Poems (Picador Books) by Michael Ondaatje

The list author says:
	"Elliptical, discursive, beautiful - Ondaatje's version of Billy the Kid's life is utterly original and poetic."

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17. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

The list author says:
	"Just about definitive, though it has been cheapened somewhat by the many sequels and prequels. But this, the original, remains a great epic achievement, most memorable for its fine characterisation."

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18. Pale Horse, Pale Rider: Three Short Novels (HBJ Modern Classic) by Katherine Anne Porter

The list author says:
	"3 Texas-set Novellas, the best and most Western of which, "Noon Wine", recalls greek tragedy in its steady progress to a grim denoument."

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19. Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier

The list author says:
	"Not as good as "Cold Mountain", but more of a Western, with its tale of survival in the wilderness full of great passages and some terribly flowery stuff too.."

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20. Journal of the Gun Years by Richard Matheson

The list author says:
	"Matheson is better known for Horror and sci-fi, but hes written a few good Westerns. This is the story of a Gunfighter's coming of age."

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