12-01-2008, 11:52 AM
I read this while I was over in Thailand, as well as the Orchard Keeper, which I didn't like quite as much, but wow. Those of you that though Anton Chigurh in No Country For Old Men was the ultimate psychopath ain't seen nothin' yet. This book is loosely based on historical accounts of the Glanton Gang and follows them through the Southwest and Northern Mexico in the mid 1800's. They start out hunting Apaches, and have a $100 per scalp bounty to be paid by a Mexican Governor, but before long, they're killing and scalping anyone that crosses their paths. It's intense, gory, and violent, and the character of Judge Holden comes across as a bit of a wild west version of Hannibal Lecter, minus the cannibalism. It's a wild read, and highly recommended.
I was also interested to see that Ridley Scott has supposedly written the screenplay for a movie adaptation of this, and he basically says that it has to be true to the book... I can't imagine it getting anything less than an NC-17 rating. I'm real curious to see how it turns out, and to see who he casts as the Judge.
I was also interested to see that Ridley Scott has supposedly written the screenplay for a movie adaptation of this, and he basically says that it has to be true to the book... I can't imagine it getting anything less than an NC-17 rating. I'm real curious to see how it turns out, and to see who he casts as the Judge.