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A review by ldv
The Outlander by Gil Adamson
5.0
An amazing first novel. The book flap compares the author to Guy Vanderhaeghe, and that is accurate, but it is great in its own right.
Mary Boulton has killed her husband and is on the run from his brothers who seek justice. It's 1903 somewhere in the midwest. Mary wanders on her own, out-paces death more than once, and meets interesting characters along the way.
The writing is excellent -- descriptions that are concise yet informative, well-crafted dialogue, seamless transitions to flashbacks that wonderfully pull the reader along in acquaintance with Mary and slowly unwind her story while always moving the main narration forward. Quality fiction all around. Awesome!
Mary Boulton has killed her husband and is on the run from his brothers who seek justice. It's 1903 somewhere in the midwest. Mary wanders on her own, out-paces death more than once, and meets interesting characters along the way.
The writing is excellent -- descriptions that are concise yet informative, well-crafted dialogue, seamless transitions to flashbacks that wonderfully pull the reader along in acquaintance with Mary and slowly unwind her story while always moving the main narration forward. Quality fiction all around. Awesome!