This book is filled with playful grotesquerie that hits a good balance in terms of the amount of content. The length of the book is so crucial, because there is a certain amount of that stuff that you want, and not more. This is my favorite Coover, though there are some of his books that I won't read. He seems to be shadowing me all of my life, whether I read the books or not. ( )

A meta Western that includes every trope and cliche you can think of. Coover manages to transcend postmodernist smugness and delivers an often-funny, compellingly readable novel with echoes of William S Burroughs and Samuel Beckett. Really terrific. ( )

Is there a better western than this? No. ( )