Melki's Reviews > The Bullet Swallower

"The past is not so far away as you might think. Nor the future, for that matter. No man lives free from history."

This is an immersive western that begins with a train robbery gone wrong, and ends in remorse and redemption. Be warned - the taut, compelling tale is frequently interrupted by some magical realism crap. This annoyed the hell out of me, though it all came together nicely in the end. Here's another one of those books that's hard to categorize - not "western" enough for the Louis L'Amour crowd, too violent and macho for the ladies' book clubs. I'll definitely push this on my library's patrons, but I'm unsure what the reception will be.

Thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for the read.