It is a true western the voices and situations read true and the characters are. “Charles Portis’s True Grit captures the naive elegance of the American Voice. I listened to the audio, narrated by Donna Tartt. “I’ve always thought Charles Portis had a wonderful talent-original, quirky, exciting.” “The dialogue in True Grit is exquisite.” “Charles Portis’s True Grit is a masterpiece.” “It’s possible that True Grit is the genuine article-a book so strong that it reads as myth.' Rereading Portis is one of the great pure pleasures-both visceral and cerebral-available in modern American literature.” “Charles Portis is an original, indescribable sui generis talent. a beaut narrated in the unforgettable voice of Mattie Ross. True Grit: A Novel Paperback 5 November 2010 by Charles Portis (Author), Donna Tartt (Afterword) 2,873 ratings Edition: Media tie-in See all formats and editions Kindle 10.36 Read with Our Free App Library Binding 740.00 2 Used from 18.05 1 New from 740.00 Paperback 30.50 3 Used from 11.91 13 New from 22. “Skillfully constructed, a comic tour de force.” The Boston College professor calls True Grit 'the great comic Western novel,' describing Portis's characters as having 'a self-conscious manner, a homespun formality of speech, that comes from the effort to inhabit grandiose roles: lone avenger on a quest nefarious outlaw besieged moral exemplar.

“How to describe the indescribable? Probably the best description I can give of True Grit is that I’ve never given it to any reader - male or female, of any age or sensibility - who didn’t enjoy it.”

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