just a ramble…

 

 

Book review:

The Homesman

 

by Glendon Swarthout (1918-1992)

New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988

239 pages

 

Yeah, The Homesman is a story, alright, but it’s not a page turner.

Swarthout fails to make the homesman likable or believable.

The storyline just basically rambles across the prairie, with a bit of dancing thrown in here and there.

The homesman doesn’t commit to anything, and the author doesn’t commit to anything.

Read the whole story if you want to.

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Book review. Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2025 All rights reserved.

 

Book review: “Bartleby, the Scrivener”

Loneliness beyond understanding…

by Herman Melville

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