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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781400079711
ISBN: 1400079713
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: July 12, 2005
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: July 12, 2005
Studio: Vintage
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DEADWOOD, DAKOTA TERRITORIES, 1876: Legendary gunman Wild Bill Hickcock and his friend Charlie Utter have come to the Black Hills town of Deadwood fresh from Cheyenne, fleeing an ungrateful populace. Bill, aging and sick but still able to best any man in a fair gunfight, just wants to be left alone to drink and play cards. But in this town of played-out miners, bounty hunters, upstairs girls, Chinese immigrants, and various other entrepeneurs and miscreants, he finds himself pursued by a vicious sheriff, a perverse whore man bent on revenge, and a besotted Calamity Jane. Fueled by liquor, sex, and violence, this is the real wild west, unlike anything portrayed in the dime novels that first told its story.
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I never would have believed I'd read , much less enjoy , a western novel . The over the top violence is often comical and , Dexter's use of dialog is amazing . The broken english and colloquialisms ,of even the dumbest characters are hilarious , witty , and insightful . Often both . There were caracters I came to care about and miss upon their demise . " Laugh out loud" is a cliche tossed around in too many reviews . Personally I've only found only a few writers that funny and I read a lot . ( John ... Read More
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I knew what a great writer Pete Dexter is, but somehow missed this book. Ordered a copy after enjoying the superb Deadwood television series. Pete Dexter's book Deadwood is as good as any fiction I have ever read. I am trying to stretch out the reading experience to savor each paragraph, every sentence. Looking forward to reading more of his books.
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This book was fantastic. I admit that I picked it up after watching the HBO series Deadwood, but the book was by far more interesting and detailed than the TV show (shock). Pete Dexter has a gift for character development and weaving together multiple subplots into a whole new world. As an aside, this book is not for the squeamish - rape, murder, beatings, etc. are the norm in Dexter's Deadwood.
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When I bought this book, I was about halfway through the second season of the TV show, and what I will say about this book is that it's good enough to make you stop appreciating what the show does. After seeing such an intimate, realistic, nuanced account of the city, it's hard to go back to the cartoonish, curse-laden world of the series. That having been said, I wasn't a huge fan of this book.
I bought it because Pete Dexter came to read at my school and I have to admit that he's a better ... Read More
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Most of it has been written already. I read this years ago. Someone stole it soon after. There are scenes and images in it that I have never forgotten. Now I will buy it again.
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