Streets of Laredo

Key Takeaways

Kyle, in 2024 in Books: After loving Lonesome Dove, I talked to my friend (the original recommender) about the sequels. “I hated the sequel. Don’t read it.” I was gobsmacked. For as much as I loved Lonesome Dove, how could I not read the sequel? Later, I found a Reddit AMA with Larry McMurtry. One question was about his attempted message and his answer was a critical lens into his perspective: “I’ve tried as hard as I could to demythologize the West. Can’t do it. It’s impossible. I wrote Lonesome Dove, which I thought was a long critique of western mythology. It is now the chief source of western mythology. I didn’t shake it up at all.” So if you go into Streets of Laredo knowing it represents his attempt to, once again, demythologize the west, and make it as harsh and rough as can be, you’ll be better off.

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