Ghost Town

Historical Fiction (Books)

Author: Robert Coover

A nameless rider plods through the desert toward a dusty Western town shimmering on the horizon. In his latest novel, Robert Coover has taken the familiar form of the Western and turned it inside out. The lonesome stranger reaches the town – or rather, it reaches him – and he becomes part of its gunfights, saloon brawls, bawdy houses, train robberies, and, of course, the c….Read More

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