false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165553811m/5947.jpg 5947 20 From the Booker Prize-winning author of The English Patient comes a visionary novel, a virtuoso synthesis of storytelling, history, and myth, about William Bonney, a.k.a. "Billy the Kid, " a bloodthirsty ogre and outlaw saint. "Ondaatje's language is clean and energetic, with the pop of bullets."--Annie Dillard. 1289903 1970 The Collected Works of Billy the Kid total:681|5:260|4:255|3:131|2:26|1:9| 681 2774 917 70 5 9 false false Wed Jun 03 09:03:07 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 14:28:11 -0700 2009
Oh man I love this book. There's a blurb from Larry McMurtry where he admits that it "strains one's powers of descrition" which pretty much sums it up. The Collected Works explores the interior life of Billy the Kid and his relati...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri May 02 07:40:29 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 08:07:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 03 14:19:56 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 03 14:27:22 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 05:38:40 -0800 2008 Sat Sep 20 12:20:55 -0700 2008 2 Hearty. Read it twice.

After shooting Gregory
this is what happened

I'd shot him well and careful
made it explode under his heart
so it wouldn't last long
was about to walk away
when this chicken paddles out to him
...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 19:15:10 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 19:24:35 -0700 2008 1. "My fingers touch/this soft blue paper notebook/control a pencil that shifts up and sideways/mapping my thinking going its own way/like light wet glasses drifting on polished wood."
2. "Not a story about me through their eyes then. Find the beginning, the...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 15 19:55:32 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 20:01:48 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 12:27:58 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 12:38:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jun 12 18:42:51 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 19 00:33:02 -0700 2008 William Faulkner wrote Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Concisely. In Canada."

So it's no surprise that it blew me away.]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 04:32:30 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 06:53:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Aug 18 22:28:42 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 22:28:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 09:23:20 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 09:51:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 11:13:24 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 11:15:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 27 19:11:34 -0800 2008 Sat Oct 11 17:56:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Oct 15 21:05:47 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 21:09:18 -0700 2009
It delivers! I liked it very very much. It reminded me in some ways of R...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 15 13:38:16 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 13:45:18 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Oct 11 17:22:38 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 17:26:00 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 18:27:16 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 18:29:00 -0800 2008 1 0 false false Sun Jun 14 16:20:27 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 16:25:45 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 08:31:50 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 09:05:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 08:11:30 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 08:11:30 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5947