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The Son (2013)

by Philipp Meyer(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0062120395 (ISBN13: 9780062120397)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Ecco

review 1: A cross between Cormac McCarthy's 'All the Pretty Horses' and Gabriel Garcia Marquez' '100 Years of Solitude'. Meyer traces the rise and fall of a fictional dynastic Texan family from the lead-up to the civil war to current times. Terrific, engaging and absolutely brutal read. Not for the faint of heart, but if you can get past the graphic brutality of the mid-19th century chapters it is well worth the read.
review 2: Very well written. The characters' lives are harsh, but Meyer does a good job of making them compelling enough to stick with them even when times are hard - and they're always hard. Interesting title - my take is that each of the three main characters is a "son" in different ways (even the daughter). Each character shapes the lives of the next one... mores - and the links are meaningful and not arbitrary or forced. less

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