Comanche Moon

The second book in the Lonesome Dove quartet, set in the American West, as two ranchers ride into wild country on the tail of a missing man.

A sprawling, picaresque novel

A monumental work that has few equals in current literature

McMurtry is one of our finest storytellers, and he's at his best here

Almost impossible to put down . . . McMurtry knows how to deploy his most suspenseful episodes for maximum effect. He treats his large cast of characters with humour and respect

Larry McMurtry was the author of more than thirty novels and memoirs, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove . He received an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on Brokeback Mountain . The cinematic treatment of Terms of Endearment swept the boards at the 1984 Academy Awards, winning Oscars in several categories, including Best Picture. McMurtry died in 2021 in Archer City, TX, at the age of 84.