An expansive, epic tale like Philipp Meyer s The Son , and in the wonderful storyteller vein of Larry McMurtry s Lonesome Dove , McGarrity s Backlands showcases his keen eye for historical detail, awe-inspiring scenery, and the bitter harshness of life on the last vestiges of the twentieth-century frontier West. Michael McGarrity returns with the second installment of his sweeping, richly authentic New York Times bestselling American West trilogy...