Little Big Man: A Novel

Little Big Man: A Novel

â€œThe truth is always made up of little particulars which sound ridiculous when repeated.â€ So says Jack Crabb, the 111-year-old narrator of Thomas Bergerâ€™s 1964 masterpiece of American fiction, Little Big Man. Berger claimed the Western as serious literature with this savage and epic account of one manâ€™s extraordinary double life.

After surviving the massacre of his pioneer family, ten-year-old Jack is adopted by an Indian chief who nicknames him Little Big Man. As a Cheyenne, he feasts on dog, loves four wives, and sees his people butchered by horse soldiers commanded by General George Armstrong Custer. Later, living as a white man once more, he hunts the buffalo to near-extinction, tangles with Wyatt Earp, cheats Wild Bill Hickok, and fights in the Battle of Little Bighorn alongside Custer himselfâ€”a man heâ€™d sworn to kill. Hailed by The Nation as â€œa seminal event,â€ Little Big Man is a singular literary achievement that, like its hero, only gets better with age.

Praise for Little Big Man
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â€œAn epic such as Mark Twain might have given us.â€â€”Henry Miller
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â€œThe very best novel ever about the American West.â€â€”The New York Times Book Review
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â€œSpellbinding . . . [Crabb] surely must be one of the most delightfully absurd fictional fossils ever unearthed.â€â€”Time
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â€œSuperb . . . Bergerâ€™s success in capturing the points of view and emotional atmosphere of a vanished era is uncanny. His skill in characterization, his narrative power and his somewhat cynical humor are all outstanding.â€â€”The New York Times
Country USA
Brand Dial Press Trade Paperback
Manufacturer Dial Press Trade Paperback
Binding Paperback
Color Brown
ReleaseDate 1989-09-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780385298292

Country	USA
Brand	Dial Press Trade Paperback
Manufacturer	Dial Press Trade Paperback
Binding	Paperback
Color	Brown
ReleaseDate	1989-09-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780385298292

Little Big Man: A Novel

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