Historical fiction Literary 2016

News of the World ARE by Paulette Jiles

Published in Spanish as Noticias del gran mundo

In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers to paying audiences hungry for news of the world.

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What it is

Outlaws and guns in the West · tender and sad at once

What happens in it

The long road Western

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It's for you if…

  • you like to close a book feeling better
  • you want something big, with room to breathe
  • you're drawn to the dark side of people

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