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The Next Great Western: ‘The Son’ by Philipp Meyer

'The Son'

Larry McMurtry and Cormac McCarthy should welcome Philipp Meyer’s The Son into the the pantheon of great Westerns. Ken Tucker on a modern take on Indians, Texas, and buffalo.

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