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I'm having a really hard time following the locations. The characters move frequently, and I can tell it's important, especially given the title, but I'm not following along, unfortunately.

They’re in a liquor-runnin’ deal with that Mormon horse wrangler, Tim Wake, over to Gallup, to sell booze to the Indians. An’ they was on their way to meet Wake at Canyon Bonito. Seems they was early an’ had to waste time, Newton havin’ to come when his boss sent him....An’ say—the way I heard ’em talkin’ about the Blakely girls who are mixed up in the buyin’ end of the rot-gut booze...

DNF

So far, reading this book is like being chased by a giant penis in your nightmares.

There's nothing that triggers my anger quite like a mother emotionally pawing at her growing children because she wants them to still need and cuddle her when they're teenagers. The accusations, telling the child "you've changed!" in a mean or sad way, is completely inappropriate.