Cormac McCarthy vs. Larry McMurtry: Best Western Novelist

On the 25th anniversary of two classics, Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove and Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, Allen Barra says the latter is overrated—and the former captures the West best.

Allen Barra

Published Nov. 9 2010 7:08PM EST 

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