Backlands: A Novel of the American West

In the New York Times bestselling Hard Country, Michael McGarrity gave readers "an expansive, lyrical period Western in the tradition of A. B. Guthrie Jr. and Larry McMurtry" (Hampton Sides). Now McGarrity continues his richly authentic epic of life on the last vestiges of the twentieth-century American frontier.

Scarred by the loss of an older brother he idolized, estranged from a father he barely knows, and deeply troubled by the failing health of a mother he adores, young Matthew Kerney is suddenly and irrevocably forced to set aside his childhood and take on responsibilities far beyond his years. When the world spirals into the Great Depression and drought settles like a plague over the nation, Matt must abandon his own dreams to salvage the Kerney ranch. Plunged into a deep trough of dark family secrets, hidden crimes, broken promises, and lies, Matt must struggle to survive on the unforgiving, sun-blasted Tularosa Basin.

Author: Michael McGarrity
Publisher: Dutton Books
Published: 05/05/2015
Pages: 544
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.40d
ISBN13: 9780451471666
ISBN10: 0451471660
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Westerns | General
- Fiction | Sagas
- Fiction | Historical | General

About the Author
Michael McGarrity is the New York Times bestselling author of Hard Country, the Anthony Award-Nominated Tularosa and eleven other bestselling Kevin Kerney crime novels. A former deputy sheriff for Santa Fe County, he also served as an instructor at the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy and as an investigator for the New Mexico Public Defender's Office. He lives in Santa Fe with his wife, Emily Beth.