Critical Praise

"Durham captures with exquisite precision the isolation, loneliness and cruelty of life in the vastness of the West… The reader turns the last page with regret at the journey’s end."

——The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)

"Artistically impressive and emotionally satisfying, a serious work that heads off in exhilarating directions."

——The New York Times Book Review

"Sweeps the reader up into a fascinating, Oz-like whirlwind of language."

——San Francisco Chronicle

"Moving… The moral gravity of Durham’s narrative is offset by his attentiveness to the primacy of nature in the Western landscape."

——The New Yorker

"Wise and beautifully written."

——USA Today