The Western Lonesome Society
Robert Garner McBrearty
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
In this hilarious, poignant, over-the-top Western, readers are introduced to Jim O'Brien who is writing a quixotic saga of his ancestors who grew up with a tribe of Comanche.
Product Details
| Publisher | Bower House |
| Publish Date | September 29, 2015 |
| Pages | 132 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781942280125 |
| Dimensions | 8.5 X 5.5 X 0.3 inches | 0.4 pounds |
About the Author
Robert Garner McBrearty teaches writing at the University of Colorado. His stories have been anthologized in the Pushcart Prize and widely published in leading literary journals, including Mississippi Review, The Missouri Review, Narrative Magazine, New England Review, North American Review, and Story Quarterly. He is the author of Episode and A Night at the Y. He lives in Louisville, Colorado.
Reviews
"McBrearty has a flair for the comic." --Chicago Tribune
"Robe-t McBrear-ty's stories occupy a fascinating world where the daft becomes hear-tfelt, the dangerous becomes ordinary, and the ordinary becomes downright odd. A world, in other words, seen through a pane of absurdist old glass." --David Wroblewski, author, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
"The Western Lonesome Society is a thing of beauty, a house with many rooms, all built of humor and pathos. I don't know what to call it, comic novel or surreal novella, or a genre all its own, a literary tall tale." --Barry Kitterman, author, The Baker's Boy
"McBrearty's writing is simultaneously poignant and hilarious. Themes of belonging, nostalgia, and the nature of home intertwine in this deep short novella." --Foreword Reviews
" "The Western Lonesome Society" is a thing of beauty, a house with many rooms, all built of humor and pathos. I don t know what to call it, comic novel or surreal novella, or a genre all its own, a literary tall tale. Barry Kitterman, author, "The Baker s Boy"
" McBrearty has a flair for the comic. "Chicago Tribune"
" Robet McBrearty s stories occupy a fascinating world where the daft becomes heartfelt, the dangerous becomes ordinary, and the ordinary becomes downright odd. A world, in other words, seen through a pane of absurdist old glass. David Wroblewski, author, "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle"
""McBrearty's writing is simultaneously poignant and hilarious. Themes of belonging, nostalgia, and the nature of home intertwine in this deep short novella." "Foreword Reviews"
"Robe-t McBrear-ty's stories occupy a fascinating world where the daft becomes hear-tfelt, the dangerous becomes ordinary, and the ordinary becomes downright odd. A world, in other words, seen through a pane of absurdist old glass." --David Wroblewski, author, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
"The Western Lonesome Society is a thing of beauty, a house with many rooms, all built of humor and pathos. I don't know what to call it, comic novel or surreal novella, or a genre all its own, a literary tall tale." --Barry Kitterman, author, The Baker's Boy
"McBrearty's writing is simultaneously poignant and hilarious. Themes of belonging, nostalgia, and the nature of home intertwine in this deep short novella." --Foreword Reviews
" "The Western Lonesome Society" is a thing of beauty, a house with many rooms, all built of humor and pathos. I don t know what to call it, comic novel or surreal novella, or a genre all its own, a literary tall tale. Barry Kitterman, author, "The Baker s Boy"
" McBrearty has a flair for the comic. "Chicago Tribune"
" Robet McBrearty s stories occupy a fascinating world where the daft becomes heartfelt, the dangerous becomes ordinary, and the ordinary becomes downright odd. A world, in other words, seen through a pane of absurdist old glass. David Wroblewski, author, "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle"
""McBrearty's writing is simultaneously poignant and hilarious. Themes of belonging, nostalgia, and the nature of home intertwine in this deep short novella." "Foreword Reviews"
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