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After fifteen years of silence, Trevanian, the number-one
best-selling author of such wickedly terrifying
action/suspense novels as SHIBUMI, THE EIGER SANCTION and THE
LOO SANCTION, and such haunting tales as THE MAIN and THE
SUMMER OF KATYA (all international best-sellers), has
returned with a brilliant foray into a new setting. In
INCIDENT AT TWENTY-MILE, Trevanian puts his distinctive brand
on the gunslinger legends of the Wild West and crafts a
thrilling blend of TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE and HIGH
PLAINS DRIFTER.
INCIDENT AT TWENTY-MILE is the work of an all-time
master--darker, gritter, and more complex than the old dime
novels and hundreds of movies that mythologized the West, but
packed with all of the satisfying suspense and improbable
conincidences traditional in the genre. Trevanian also
explores the end of a dream--the Eternal West--and the end of
a century.
A young, mysterious stranger has arrived at Twenty-Mile--a
fading town in the middle of nowhere. As he slowly insinuates
himself into the lives of the townsfolk, questions abound,
but answers are few. Then three more strangers show up in
Twenty-Mile, including one of the vilest villains in the
history of the Wild West. With a deft touch and stunning
skill, Trevanian sets in motion a string of events that
climaxes with one of the greatest showdowns in literature.
A page-turning, compulsively readable novel, INCIDENT AT
TWENTY-MILE also subtly explores the harsh truths and bitter
lies behind the myths of American expansion. It is that rare
book--greatly entertaining and disturbingly
thought-provoking. Trevanian shows himself to be at the top
of his game, and his readers will delight in his return with
a brilliant, involving, and subtly subversive novel.
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