Novels set in Texas (Book Guide): The Rain God, Blood Meridian, Lonesome Dove, No Country for Old Men, Noon Wine, Streets of Laredo

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (novels not included). Pages: 27. Chapters: The Rain God, Blood Meridian, Lonesome Dove, No Country for Old Men, Noon Wine, Streets of Laredo, Dead Man's Walk, All the Pretty Horses, Tideland, Comanche Moon, The Headless Horseman, Last Stand at Saber River, Rats Saw God, A Spectre Is Haunting Texas, Catlow, The Wind, Fearless, A Novel of Sarah Bowman, Horseman, Pass By, A Mule for the Marquesa, The Cosmology of Bing, Branches, Folly and Glory, Whompyjawed. Excerpt: The Rain God is a novelised family portrait by Arturo Islas of a Mexican family living in a town on the U.S.-Mexican border, illustrating its members' struggle to cope with physical handicaps, sexuality, racial and ethnic identification in their new surroundings. In six chapters, the author draws a character study which reveals the saints and sinners of the family. In the first chapter, Miguel Chico, son to Miguel Grande and Juanita is introduced. He is the only member of the Angel family to achieve a college education so far, and he lives away from the rest of the family in San Francisco. Because he has chosen to live so far away, he is viewed with suspicion by some members of the family. Nina, Juanita's sister, is presented in the following chapter. Her sexual and rebellious nature, which caused many fights and arguments with her father, has been passed on to her son Antony. Nina, not having learned from the mistakes she used to criticize her father of, does not peacefully settle the differences between herself and her son. After one of their fights, Antony dies, and it's unclear if the death was a suicide. Another "sinner" is profiled in chapter three: Miguel Chico's father; Miguel Grande, who is having an affair with Lola, who is his wife Juanita's best friend. He is torn between them and unable to choose. Chapter four tells the story of Miguel Grande's brother...