On the wild Texas frontier where barbarism and civilization come in many forms, Rangers Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call are pitched into the long, bitter, bloody fighting under the command of Captain Inish Scull. br>When Scull's favourite horse is stolen by the Comanches, he decides to track him down, leaving Gus and Call in charge. However, on their return to Austin, Gus is greeted by the news that his sweetheart is to marry another man and Call finds that the town's most notorious woman is ... Lire la suite
LARRY McMURTRY est né en 1936, au Texas. Six de ses best-sellers ont été adaptés à l'écran, notamment La Dernière Séance
et Tendres passions.
Son roman Lonesome Dove a obtenu le prix Pulitzer en 1986 et l'auteur a reçu un Oscar pour le scénario du Secret de Brokeback Mountain en 2006. Larry McMurtry vit à Archer City, au Texas, où il a ouvert une des plus grandes
librairies indépendantes des États-Unis.
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Date Parution
12/02/2015
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9781447274629
Nb. de Pages
688
Editeur
Picador Uk
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549 g
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Poche
Dimensions
19,8 cm x 13,0 cm x 4,0 cm
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On the wild Texas frontier where barbarism and civilization come in many forms, Rangers Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call are pitched into the long, bitter, bloody fighting under the command of Captain Inish Scull. br>When Scull's favourite horse is stolen by the Comanches, he decides to track him down, leaving Gus and Call in charge. However, on their return to Austin, Gus is greeted by the news that his sweetheart is to marry another man and Call finds that the town's most notorious woman is desperate to settle down with him and become respectable. When Scull's wealthy wife demands that her errant husband be brought home, with feelings akin to relief the two men set off once more into the vast, untamed plains . . .br>Comanche Moon, which follows on from Dead Man's Walk and prequels Lonesome Dove, follows Gus and Call in their bitter struggle to protect the advancing West frontier against the defiant Comanches, courageously determined to defend their territory and their way of life, and showcases McMurtry's strong affinity for the landscape and its inhabitants with a deeply felt lyrical intensity.
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