Comanche Moon

De: Larry McMurtry

Narrado por: Frank Muller

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

The second prequel, following Dead Man’s Walk, to Larry McMurtry’s classic novel Lonesome Dove charts the harrowing careers of Texas Rangers Augustus McCrae and Woodrow F. Call as they fight foes throughout the Texas territory and their own demons, setting up the events of the Pulitzer Prize–winning classic.

The second book of Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove tetralogy, Comanche Moon takes us once again into the world of the American West.

Texas Rangers August McCrae and Woodrow Call, now in their middle years, continue to deal with the ever-increasing tensions of adult life—Gus with his great love, Clara Forsythe, and Call with Maggie Tilton, the young whore who loves him. Two proud but very different men, they enlist with the Ranger troop in pursuit of Buffalo Hump, the great Comanche war chief; Kicking Wolf, the celebrated Comanche horse thief; and a deadly Mexican bandit king with a penchant for torture. Assisting the Rangers in their wild chase is the renowned Kickapoo tracker, Famous Shoes.

Comanche Moon closes the twenty-year gap between Dead Man’s Walk and Lonesome Dove, following beloved heroes Gus and Call and their comrades in arms—Deets, Jake Spoon, and Pea Eye Parker—in their bitter struggle to protect the advancing West frontier against the defiant Comanches, courageously determined to defend their territory and their way of life.©2000 Larry McMurtry; (P)2000 Simon & Schuster

Good story, bad narrator

The story is typical McMurtry and enjoyable to a fault, but the narrator gets irritating with his constant drawn out word endings, and the irritation starts immediately. A great story (and several $$$) wrecked by a poor narrator.

Perfect Narrator

Where does Comanche Moon rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Although Comanche Moon is definitely NOT as good as Lonesome Dove, it still ranks near the top of the audiobooks I have enjoyed over the last couple of years.

What did you like best about this story?

This story was really more of a Yarn than it was a novel. It was also extremely funny, although you wouldn't be able to guess that just from following what happened. In a way, this was McMurtry's tome to Death and Mortality, which makes it even more amazing to me that it wasn't the least bit heavy-handed. McMurtry was able to talk about facing death in a very serious way that was nonetheless also more than a little bit whimsical. Masterful, really.

Which character – as performed by Frank Muller – was your favorite?

Muller absolutely nailed Woodrow Call. In fact, I thought Muller's narration was spot-on throughout, perfectly depicting McMurtry's tale. I had read several reviews knocking Muller's performance, but I think his comedic timing was pretty near perfect for this particular audiobook. I would LOVE to hear Frank Muller narrate "Roughing It", or really ANY book by Mark Twain.

If you could rename Comanche Moon, what would you call it?

Crime and Punishment

Any additional comments?

This book brought to mind "Little Big Man" almost as much as it did the other books in the "Lonesome Dove" series.

Essential novel in the Lonesome Dove series

Another brilliant book in the Lonesome Dove series by Larry McMurtry. Woodrow Call and Gus McCrae are advancing to middle age but still vigorous Texas Rangers. We follow their encounters with the Comanche still led by Buffalo Hump, but we meet his malignant son, Blue Duck, who is the great villain in Lonesome Dove, the next and most famous book in the series. The characters Inish Skull, the Texas Ranger captain, and his nymphomaniac society wife Inez add color to the novel. Ahumado is the nastiest of villains south of the border. A rich western tale. Excellent narration by Frank Muller. Pick it up, read the entire series.

Rambling Story, Excellent Narration

I enjoyed the listen, but found the story to ramble. Too many characters skipping from moment to moment. You lost track of what was happening with the main characters. The narration however was excellent. I wish the narrator had also performed Lonesome Dove. He was able to make each character unique and I was particularly happy not to have to listen to a screeching Gus.

fantastic from beginning to end!

This is one of my all time favorite books of all time! McMurtry is a master of the old West! I highly recommend this in any form but is great as an audiobook as well!