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The Shootist

Glendon Swarthout,

Miles Swarthout (Introduction)

Start date: July 1, 2023

Finish date: September 30, 2023

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Sep 11, 2022 Chrissie rated it liked it

Shelves: medical, westerns, usa, audible-uk, hf, classics, 2023-read, philo-psychol, life-stages

I’m giving this book three stars, not because I enjoyed it, but because it is well written. It is filled with violence. I find this hard to stomach. It’s central theme is dying and illness. Empathizing with characters as much as I do, books such as this make me feel extremely uncomfortable. The saving grace is the respect one has for the outlaw. It is he who is (view spoiler). The setting is 1901, Texas.

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Oct 11, 2021 Thomas Ross rated it it was amazing

What a fine, outstanding piece of literature. Many will recognize the title from the movie adaptation, The Shootist, starring the Duke, Lauren Bacall, Ronnie Howard and Jimmy Stewart. I'm a fan of the movie and as a fan of the Duke and aware of his dying of lung cancer, the movie was particularly poignant when I watched in back in '76. Back to the book. Swarthout reminds me of Charles Portis and True Grit fame. The writing is tight, original, lyrical, capturing what I imagine the way men and wom ...more

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