Zeke and Ned
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| Author | Larry McMurtry Diana Ossana |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Ned Christie's War |
Publication date | 1997 |
| Publication place | USA |
Zeke and Ned is a 1997 American novel by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana set against the backdrop to Ned Christie's War. It was McMutry's second published collaboration with Ossana, following on from Pretty Boy Floyd. (They also collaborated on screenplays for Streets of Loredo and Dead Man's Walk.) Although Pretty Boy Floyd was originally written as screenplay, Zeke and Ned was written as a novel.[1]
The novel features fictional depictions of real characters such as Ned Christie and Isaac C. Parker.
Reception
[edit]The San Francisco Examiner declared "the pages just sing."[2]
Kirkus called it "A mock-heroic tale of culture shock and sudden death along our westering frontier in which the principals (whether red or white) are portrayed as simple-minded primitives."[3]
Publisher's Weekly wrote, "the friendship between Zeke and Ned gives the story its prime canvas, even as their battles with marshals and rivals add period color. But what gives this well-wrought tale its depth is how McMurtry and Ossana convey the era's various moral shades of gray. "[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Author! Author!". Tucson Citizen. 29 January 1997. p. 1C.
- ^ "McMurtry rides again". The San Francisco Examiner. 24 December 1996. p. 27.
- ^ Zeke and Ned at Kirkus
- ^ Zeke and Ned at Publishers Weekly