I've been reading westerns again, and the classic The Virginian by Owen Wister really made me feel like I was in the Old West. You can literally taste the dust, shiver from the cold cutting wind coming out of the mountains, feel the weight of your gun on your hip, and taste the whiskey. The detail within the novel summons the look and feel of the era in an amazing way. As well as being a novel that sets every scene with effortless easy going prose, the characters truly sparkle. An endless sup...
Published on October 17, 2009 17:00