Tag: Mark Spragg

“It’s no goddamn wonder I live alone. I’m either working or in intensive care.”

This book reminds me of Lonesome Dove, only Wyoming instead of Texas and now instead of then. Rancher Barnum McEban (he had a twin named Bailey who died in infancy) with lifelong friend Bennett Reilly goes in pursuit of Bennett’s wife, who left them both for a physicist in Denver. Women are always leaving guys…

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One of those very few good books that have been made into a good film.

I saw the film and raved about it and everyone told me to read the book. I have now done so and I’m happy to report that this is one of those very few good books that have been made into a good film. Jean Gilkyson escapes her abusive boyfriend and with her daughter Griff…

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