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Lonesome Dove Chapters 81-88: Clara and Her Boys

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Lonesome Dove Chapters 81-88: Clara and Her Boys

Jeremy Anderberg
Mar 12
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Lonesome Dove Chapters 81-88: Clara and Her Boys

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In all our weeks of reading, I took the fewest notes between Chapters 81 and 88. Our characters are together in one spot for the first time since the beginning of the novel and I simply reveled in a lot of great dialogue, particularly in Clara’s chats with July and Gus. 

Dialogue is a strength of McMurtry’s that runs through all of his novels. The conver…

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