The story is told entirely from Thomas's point of view. Aiden Kelly has the perfect voice as the narrator. I enjoyed it very much, was never bored, and was sad when the story came to an end. And yet somehow Thomas and John are able to live through all the terrible times and remain men who have enough heart and soul to rescue an orphaned indian girl, raise her as their own, and make a home together. It was historically acurate in chilling cruel detail. The description of some of the acts of war were disturbing, but written in a way that felt essentially realistic for the times. Enduring famine, brutal winters, killing hot summers, lack of food, lack of water. They meet as young boys, and stay together, make a life together while living through the wild west wars, Indian wars, the Civil war.
This is a beautifully written, at times even poetic historical story about Thomas McNulty and John Cole. ~~~mild spoiler~~~~ I feel sad for those listeners who turned this book away simply because it was the story of two men who loved each other and whose love perservered through good times and brutally horrific acts of war. COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNER LONGLISTED FOR THE 2017 MAN BOOKER PRIZE 'A true leftfield wonder: Days Without End is a violent, superbly lyrical western offering a sweeping vision of America in the making.'Kazuo Ishiguro, Booker Prize winning author of The Remains of the Day and The Buried Giant From the two-time Man Booker Prize. I can't write reviews well enough to convey what a treasure this book is. This is one of my top favorite listens in a very very long time. Product Details Price 18.00 16. Lyrical, poignant, brutally violent historical. An intensely poignant story of two men and the makeshift family they create with a young Sioux girl, Winona, Days Without Endis a fresh and haunting portrait of the most fateful years in American history and is a novel never to be forgotten.
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