Little Big Man #1
Thomas Berger
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Date read: 13 - 23 August 2020
Length: 422 pages
Published: 1965 in GB
Jack Crabb is a white man, but he was mostly brought up by Cheyenne Indians from the age of ten. This story follows his early life, both as a "human being" and a white man. He leads two lives, but which is the real Jack Crabb?
Well there's one thing for certain, whoever Jack Crabb may be, he's led an interesting life and travelled far!
His relationships with women are strange. He never really seems all that interested in them, and then all of a sudden he gets infatuated with a specific woman, even if he knows it's someone he'll never be with. And although he does have children, he doesn't seem all that bothered with them, or the mothers.
Saying that, he does seem to be a man of honour, and will fight for what he believes in.
I kind of feel that Jack doesn't really know what life he wants to lead. At times he is happy being a white man in a white world, but then I think he misses the ways of the Indians and will go back to that for a while. He doesn't really settle down in one way of life though, and has long periods of time living as each.
I'm curious about the next one. I've never really read a book like this before.
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The Wee Librocubicularist
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