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mjanemartin 's review for:
Wayfaring Stranger
by James Lee Burke
Well I'm definitely going to be reading some more James Lee Burke. How can an avid reader miss out on such a prolific author? Idk. It's been a couple of days since I finished and I think I might have been a little exuberant with 5 stars, but it's definitely close so I'm leaving it.
Wayfaring Stranger reminds me a little of The Son by Philip Meyer. It's not a western, but it has characters which you might associate with that era. "Marlborough Men". It's really hard to recap because it's all over the board. Starts out with an encounter with Bonnie and Clyde, moves on to World War 2 and the fox hole, and finds it's home (majority of the book) with big oil business. But throw in some drama, a brother-like relationship, some anti-Semitic themes and it has the making of a good novel. I kept thinking Faulkner Of Mice and Men (which I didn't like) and East of Eden (one of my fav books of all time.) It kept me turning pages, which is a high endorsement for me lately.
After I finished, I saw that it was the first in a series. I'm not much for series, but I'd give it a go.
Wayfaring Stranger reminds me a little of The Son by Philip Meyer. It's not a western, but it has characters which you might associate with that era. "Marlborough Men". It's really hard to recap because it's all over the board. Starts out with an encounter with Bonnie and Clyde, moves on to World War 2 and the fox hole, and finds it's home (majority of the book) with big oil business. But throw in some drama, a brother-like relationship, some anti-Semitic themes and it has the making of a good novel. I kept thinking Faulkner Of Mice and Men (which I didn't like) and East of Eden (one of my fav books of all time.) It kept me turning pages, which is a high endorsement for me lately.
After I finished, I saw that it was the first in a series. I'm not much for series, but I'd give it a go.