This was the first McMurtry novel that I read.I like earthy stories;and boy was this a dandy.If you enjoy novels like Cannery Row,Tobacco Road or anything by Kinky Friedman you should like Cadallic Jack.I enjoyed it so much,I started reading the rest of McMurtrys novels.So far, I found it the most humurous,entertaining and lighthearted of the ones I've read.He has written the episodes so well you feel you are travelling right along with him and loving every moment of it. I assume a lot of these stories are fictional ,in whole or in part,but are probably based on some of the authors experiences. What I have come to like about McMurtry's books is that they are all so different from one another;and I think this one is the most different. If there is any truth about this character,there should a law against it;nobody should be allowed to have that much fun--not one person. |