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Violence
A lot
Graphic violence including shootings, amputations, torture, and massacre; among the most violent of McMurtry's novels
Language
Some
Profanity and period-appropriate crude language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief references to prostitution and adult relationships
Substance Use
Barely any
Alcohol consumption typical of the Western setting
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Themes of aging, mortality, and the brutal end of the frontier era; deeply pessimistic
What this book is about
Aging Texas Ranger Woodrow Call tracks the teenage outlaw Joey Garza across the brutal Texas-Mexico borderlands in this dark sequel to Lonesome Dove. McMurtry strips away the earlier novel's romanticism: Call is now a hired killer for the railroad, companions die horribly, and the frontier is consumed by greed and violence. Amputations, torture, and massacre mark this unflinching elegy for the end of the West.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Graphic violence including torture and amputation
Child killer as antagonist
Bleak and pessimistic throughout
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