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Crawl on Your Belly Like a Man
A novel of the Modern West
316 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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September 4, 2013
This is a true modern Western with all the fears, ambitions and transience of everything West of the Rockies. It flows like the Wild West, partially tamed. It is an unconventional book yet readable in a casual way. It reads like a memory playing out in your head slightly jumbled and disjointed but familiar enough to call your own. It is a book of homecomings hidden well in departures. A character sums up the book best talking about Salmon trying to find their way back from the sea.
"We're like that too though we don't want nobody to know it. The smell of home you never forget. The wildflowers and rocks the rains bring from the cliffs. The smell of your dead. It ain't no mystery they fight so hard to get back. Fly up those falls. Find the pools they were born in. It ain't no mystery. The crime is we won't let them!"
It is the kind of book that makes you think "why am I here reading instead of out there living."
"We're like that too though we don't want nobody to know it. The smell of home you never forget. The wildflowers and rocks the rains bring from the cliffs. The smell of your dead. It ain't no mystery they fight so hard to get back. Fly up those falls. Find the pools they were born in. It ain't no mystery. The crime is we won't let them!"
It is the kind of book that makes you think "why am I here reading instead of out there living."
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