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A review by savaging
The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon by Tom Spanbauer
4.0
It's hard for me to recommend this book to others because there were many times I was uncomfortable (are these Black characters just stereotypes? these Bannock characters? these Chinese characters? and should I feel fine that this kid is selling sex to adults?).
But in general, I love that Spanbauer wrote a different kind of Western. This is a West willing to get in a bar brawl against Manifest Destiny. It's a story showing how vice can be virtuous and virtue can grow vicious. But mostly, it's a celebration of some characters who are awful and wonderful and mostly come to tragic ends.
But in general, I love that Spanbauer wrote a different kind of Western. This is a West willing to get in a bar brawl against Manifest Destiny. It's a story showing how vice can be virtuous and virtue can grow vicious. But mostly, it's a celebration of some characters who are awful and wonderful and mostly come to tragic ends.