Ed, Emma and Jess tackle one of the toughest questions in literature since 'what comes after post-modernism' and 'are dog-eared pages ok': what makes a good Western? Prepare to be introduced to some cracking classics in full cowboy-regalia, as well as a range of genre-bending contemporary frontier tales. We also talk to novelist and short-story writer Donald Ray Pollock about his most recent novel The Heavenly Table.
Hosted by Jessica Johannesson
Music by The Bookshop Band
Books discussed in this episode (including those we talked about which didn’t make the final cut due to time constrains)
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
The Heavenly Table by Donald Ray Pollock
The Devil all the Time by Donald Ray Pollock
Knockemstiff by Donald Ray Pollock
The Birthday Boys by Beryl Bainbridge
Blood, Bone, and Marrow: A Biography of Harry Crews by Ted Geltner
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt
The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage
The Orenda by Joseph Boyden
St Agnes’ Stand by Thomas Eidson
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Far as the Eye can See by Robert Baush
Dog Run Moonby Callan Wink
True Grit by Charles Portis
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
The Far Empty Todd J. Scott
