GENRE THRILLS WITH DEEPER LITERARY EXECUTION. This is a gritty piece of western fiction that marries ample gunfights with a deeper meditation on the violence of trauma of the early frontier. 2) WESTERN REVIVAL: We’re experiencing a revival in westerns, including Philip Meyer’s The Son, Patrick DeWitt’s Sisters Brothers, and Andrew Hilleman’s World, Chase Me Down. 3)TOP SELECTION IN THE INKSHARES MANUSCRIPT COMPETITION: selected out of thousands of entries for the top pick in literary fiction in the inaugural Inkshares-LaunchPad contest with Ridley Scott.
