The Western Lonesome Society has been described as a surreal western. Some of it feels distinctly historical, while other parts of the story have a dream-like quality. What inspired you to create multiple narratives in one story? I love that question. To explain it, I really have to go back in time a bit, fifteen […]
A Conversation with Robert Garner McBrearty
November 30th, 2015 | by caleb | published in Blog, Robert Garner McBrearty | Leave A Comment »
The Western Lonesome Society — Chapter 1
September 15th, 2015 | by caleb | published in Blog, Robert Garner McBrearty | Leave A Comment »
Chapter 1: The Current Situation On a warm afternoon in summer, many years after his kidnapping, in the makeshift room above his garage, in a modest, ramshackle suburban neighborhood in a small city somewhere in the West, Jim stands at the window, training a pair of binoculars on the neighborhood streets. He’s watching for signs […]
The Western Lonesome Society
July 3rd, 2015 | by caleb | published in Fiction, New Releases, Robert Garner McBrearty | 3 Comments »
Evoking the Western drama of Cormac McCarthy, the family sensibility of Kent Haruf, and the wacky, magical humor of Christopher Moore, McBrearty displays his storytelling prowess and wit in his debut novel. In this hilarious, poignant, over-the-top Western, Jim O’Brien writes the quixotic saga of his ancestors who grew up with a tribe of Comanches. […]
Conundrum in RiNo: Lit Edition
November 7th, 2014 | by caleb | published in Events | Leave A Comment »
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