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- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Meyer, Philipp
- ISBN: 9781471167379
- Condition: Used
- Publication Year: 2017
Language:
English
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An absorbing Texas-sized saga.
Elizabeth S. - 2 years 10 months agoThe Son is a quick-moving epic that spans five generations of the McCullough family empire. The most compelling character is patriarch "Colonel" Eli McCullough, the rough-around-the-edges land baron who boasts a past as a Comanche captive, Texas Ranger and Confederate soldier. Eli's son, Peter laments his family's violent acquisition of land and reacts in surprising ways, advancing the plot of the novel. Eli's great-granddaughter Jeannie McCullough, steps up to oversee the family legacy in the wake of the Texas oil boom. Their relationships with one another are complicated and their family history is fraught with impossible liaisons, corruption and violence. Individually, the stories are compelling, and Meyer shines at creating characters that are larger-than-life. But what makes this novel so impressive is the McCullough family's collective and inextricable connection to the much bigger story of Texas. The Son is as much a testament of Meyer's ability to weave together a great narrative as it is a monument to the history of the American southwest.
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A family's long route through Texas history.
Charles L. - 5 years 10 months agoIf you were a publishing type, you may be tempted to call Philipp Meyer's sophomore novel The Son a "multigenerational Texas epic". But at its heart The Son, like most Texas novels, is a story about transition- the transition from one era to the next, the death of a way of life, and the sadness and triumph that accompanies these changes. The book follows the McCullough family's long route through Texas history via the perspective of patriarch Eli, his son Pete and Pete's granddaughter Jeanne. Each McCullough is faced with their own obstacles and circumstances- whether it is oil, clashes with natives or feuds with neighbors. The Son is worth a read for any fan of Texas novels. If that is not enough persuasion, it was a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
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