The Collected Works of Billy the Kid

SKU: 9781529945683
The Collected Works of Billy the Kid by Michael Ondaatje

The Collected Works of Billy the Kid

SKU: 9781529945683
Author: Michael Ondaatje
Paperback·Ages 18+·Historical Fiction
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At a glance

💀 Tone
Lyrical, brutal, experimental
⚡ Pace
Slow, fragmentary
🖤 Vibes
Billy the Kid, American West, violence, myth
👑 Themes
Legend, violence, identity, myth-making
🧠 Mind Game
Fragmentary, poetic
🔥 Hook
At twenty-one, Billy the Kid’s violent legend is told through poems, photographs and fragments.
👀 Perfect For
Fans of Cormac McCarthy, Larry McMurtry, Patrick deWitt
📖 Readers Who’ll Love This
Readers who love literary Westerns, poetic prose, and myth-making about outlaws
Booker prize winning author Michael Ondaatje invites you on a brutal, beautiful journey into the American West. . . At twenty-one years old, Billy the Kid has killed a man for each year he's been alive. Roaming the blasted planes of the Wild West, he moves between friends, foes and lovers, fighting to keep just one step ahead of the law. Yet in this twisted wasteland - a country of mad dogs, of sweat and gore and blinding heat - the sheriffs play dirty too. Melding prose, poetry, imagined interviews and ephemeral photography, Ondaatje weaves together a lyrical reinterpretation of Billy's short, infamous existence, forming a portrait of a young man, and a young country, borne out of violence, threaded through with disaster, yet rich in wonder. 'Ondaatje's language is clean and energetic, with the pop of bullets. This is literature, art.' Annie Dillard 'Ondaatje's eye for detail is wonderful and he uses it poetically, with superb restraint' Larry McMurtry

Book details

Format
Paperback
Reading age
18+
Pages
128
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Published
17 June 2025
Language
English
ISBN
9781529945683

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