Review: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

I very nearly gave up on this doorstopper, even though I'd started it with ample warning from numerous reviews about its slow pace and character-driven narrative. I'm so glad I didn't. This was a profound literary experience, on the order of Shogun and LOTR . McMurtry's prose is effortless and beautiful, but the first half of the book felt like wading through treacle. Cowboys doing cowboy things?…