Larry McMurtry. (2002). Sin Killer. Unabridged Simon & Schuster Audio.

Larry McMurtry. 2002. Sin Killer. Simon & Schuster Audio.

Larry McMurtry, Sin Killer. Simon & Schuster Audio, 2002.

Larry McMurtry. Sin Killer. Unabridged Simon & Schuster Audio, 2002.

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From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Larry McMurtry comes the first in a four-volume epic journey through the early American frontier, featuring the Berrybender family, English nobility adrift in the American West in the 1830s.
It is 1830, and the Berrybender family—rich, aristocratic, English, and hopelessly out of place—is on its way up the Missouri River to see the untamed West as it begins to open up. Lord and Lady Berrybender have abandoned their home in England to broaden the horizons for themselves and their three children. With irascible determination—and a great deal of outright chaos—the party experiences both the awesome majesty and brutal savagery of the unexplored land, from buffalo stampedes and natural disasters to Indian raids and encounters with frontiersmen and trappers, explorers, pioneers, and one part-time preacher known as "the Sin Killer." Sin Killer, the strong, silent Westerner, captures the heart of the strong-willed, beautiful Berrybender daughter, Tasmin. But their fast developing relationship can only bring more trouble for the Berrybender's.

Packed with breathtaking adventure, charming romance, and a sense of humor stretching clear over the horizon, Sin Killer is a truly unique view of the West that could only come from the boundless skill and imagination of Larry McMurtry.

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   • content: This offbeat Western from the author of LONESOME DOVE follows the aristocratic Berrybender family on a dangerous trip up the Missouri River in 1830 to hunt buffalo. Members of the party face Indian attacks, frostbite and natural calamity, but the central story concerns daughter Tasmin's fast romance and marriage to preacher and Indian fighter Jim Snow, the title's "Sin Killer." Alfred Molina reads the bawdy, sometimes bloody, story with a zest that conveys both drama and human comedy. A passage about a servant's emergence from his cold-weather shelter inside a dying buffalo is both funny and fascinating. Some of his voices, particularly that of the stubborn Lord Berrybender, seem caricatured, but all are distinctive. J.A.S. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine
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     April 29, 2002
     Part western, part satire of the English class system contrasted with rugged frontier society, the first volume of this proposed tetralogy gets off to a shaky start as McMurtry introduces the randy, bumbling Berrybender clan, a rich but inept aristocratic British family that journeys up the Missouri River to try to capitalize on the land boom of the 1830s. The early romantic subplot shows promise when beautiful but flighty Lady Tasmin Berrybender, temporarily separated from her group, is rescued by Jim Snow, a quiet, religious trapper known as the Sin Killer, both for his piety ("I'm hard on sin") and for his fierce fighting skills. Snow returns Tasmin to the family vessel, and his sudden marriage proposal delights Tasmin, until she discovers that he already has two Indian wives. The other narrative lines aren't nearly as entertaining, as McMurtry veers back and forth between outlining the war between various rival Indian tribes and trying to generate comic sparks with the Berrybenders' ongoing series of pratfalls. He has some brief success in the later chapters when Tasmin defies her pompous father, Lord Berrybender, as he tries to undo the marriage to keep the family bloodline pure, and Jim Snow remains an intriguing figure throughout. But much of the light comedy lands with a thud, and the introduction of a raft of mostly superfluous characters takes the edge off McMurtry's prose and makes the Berrybenders seem silly and inane rather than charming. McMurtry does plant a few promising plot seeds for the ensuing books, but it will take a more focused and genuinely humorous effort the next time out to make this concept work. While the narrative fails to satisfy as a true western, readers should enjoy McMurtry's portrait of the terrain bordering the Missouri River. Future volumes will be set on or beside three other rivers, the Yellowstone, the Rio Grande and the Brazos. Agent, Sarah Chalfant.

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   • content: This is the first of Larry McMurtry's new four-volume series about the American West of the 1830s. Each will focus on a river--the Missouri, the Yellowstone, the Rio Grande, and the Brazos. In this book, we follow the Berrybenders down the Missouri; they're a family of English aristocrats with limitless wealth and eccentricity and no visible qualms about matters sexual. Henry Strozier has a straightforward narrative style that helps propel the plot without getting in the way. He is confronted with a daunting cast of male and female characters--the upper class, frontiers-men, trappers, Indians, English, French, and Americans--which he manages quite well. Some accents slip, but the listener will never be confused about who is speaking. A good listen. R.E.K. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine
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     Starred review from August 5, 2002
     "I'll see him in anything, " said Bob Dylan of Gregory Peck. After listening to McMurtry's latest, many listeners will say the same about hearing any audiobook read by screen and stage actor Molina. His chameleon-like talent for convincingly portraying one darkly comic character after another is masterfully applied to the story of the Berrybenders, a 19th-century aristocratic family who, on a whim, have decided to leave their home in England to explore the great unknown frontier of America; according to Lord Berrybender, one of the main reasons for the journey is the opportunity to shoot animals that he hadn't shot before. Ironically, the character of the frontier itself shares Lord Berrybender's absurd and casually cruel perspective. Savage attacks, vicious weather and unforeseen disasters all take their toll, as the folly of hubris is exposed and those possessing it are weeded out. The tale revolves around the adventures of one of the three Berrybender children, Tasmin, a headstrong young woman. She's smitten by Jim Snow, a complex amalgam of Indian fighter, preacher and frontier survivor who goes by the name Sin Killer. This first volume of a projected four-part series leaves the listener yearning for more. If Molina lends his phenomenal skills to the rest of the tetralogy, it will surely be anticipated by a satisfied and dedicated audience. Simultaneous release with the S&S hardcover (Forecasts, Apr. 29).

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