Gun Man

Classic Estleman western work from a journeyman author. This book follows the life and exploits of a fictional gunslinger, the type that people know and sometimes celebrate such as Billy the Kid, Isom Dart, and Buffalo Bill. From his youth on a Missouri farm to his death in Wyoming, John "Killer" Mi......more

Parts of this western are genuinely brilliant, I especially liked the discussion of dime novels and their scandalised glamorisation of gunfighters. But the writing felt a little too rushed to me at times and I lost track of the story occasionally......more

A pretty flat western by Estleman’s usual standards. The title sums it up: a killer kills from before the civil war (Bleeding Kansas) to the closing of the range by barbed wire. The problem is that Miller has no interesting let alone redeeming qualities. You can see the final revelation coming but n......more

When 12 year old Eugene Mortimer takes to the Western Frontier, he enters the world as a vulnerable young boy seeking an identity and a purpose. Eugene finds this through the power of an expert gunshot, embracing a new persona as John “Killer” Miller. As John Miller, the young protagonist becomes a......more