Books written by Larry Watson
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Milwaukee Noir
Praise for Milwaukee Noir “Luxuriate in the seedy, wallow in the angry and shiver at the horrors that surely await you around the corner . . .
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As Good as Gone: A Novel
In As Good as Gone, Larry Watson captures our longing for the Old West and its heroes, and he challenges our understanding of loyalty and justice. Both tough and tender, it is a stunning achievement.
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Laura
In spite of the vehemence and indignation that she displayed when she condemned the war and the United States' part in it, that anger didn't seem like the Laura anger of old. In the past, her fury had been without a source or an object, ...
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Let Him Go: A Novel
James rode out on Honey, a barn-sour creature if there ever was one. Of course she'd come back to the herd first chance. George was the one who saw her coming and he was off the porch like a shot. We found James out by a twisty old ...
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Montana 1948: A Novel
The tragic tale of a Montana family ripped apart by scandal and murder: “a significant and elegant addition to the fiction of the American West” (Washington Post).
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Justice: Stories
Justice is the stunning prequel that illuminates the Hayden clan’s early years, and the circumstances that led to the events of Montana 1948.
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Montana 1948: A Novel
I sommeren 1948 ændres den 12-årige Davids liv for altid, da det afsløres, at hans beundrede onkel under dække af sin lægegerning bl.a har udnyttet familiens indianske husholderske seksuelt
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In a Dark Time
In the wake of a third student's murder, reticent Wanekia High School teacher Peter begins keeping a disturbing journal of the community's actions and his own that makes him realize his personal ambivalence toward violence. Reprint.
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As Good as Gone: A Novel
Calvin Sidey, one of the last of the old cowboys, returns to the small town where he once was a mythic figure, to the very home he once abandoned, to stay with his grandchildren for a week while his estranged son is away.
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The Lives of Edie Pritchard
It’s been a lifetime of proving that she is allowed to exist in her own sphere. The Lives of Edie Pritchard tells the story of one woman just trying to be herself, even as multiple men attempt to categorize and own her.
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Montana 1948: A Novel
A series of events in a small western town changes the lives of David Hayden, his sheriff father, his mother, and their Sioux housekeeper, as they discover the truth about family loyalty.
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American Boy: A Novel
The author of the acclaimed Montana 1948 “spins charm and melancholy” in this novel of youth and romantic rivalry in 1960s rural Minnesota (Denver Post).
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The Art of Victory: a Pathway to Personal Peace When Your World Goes Crazy
It's what happens inside. It's what hapeens when we take the long, arduous journey from our head to our heart. Finding the blessings in the fire, in the furnace, in the forging of a new you. This is the Art of Victory.
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Sundown, Yellow Moon: A Novel
Praise for Sundown, Yellow Moon: “Watson succeeds impressively, especially in deepening our understanding of first love.” –Alan Cheuse, Chicago Tribune “A marvelous evocation of a time and place and of high school existence when it ...
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Montana 1948: A Novel
"From the summer of my twelfth year I carry a series of images more vivid and lasting than any others of my boyhood and indelible beyond all attempts the years...
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Montana 1948
This tale of lost innocence and adulthood gained has its roots in the events of summer, 1948.
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Montana 1948
"Il faudra désormais ajouter ce Montana 1948 à la liste de ces petits livres qu'on se refile entre amis sûrs.
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Montana 1948
" So begins David Hayden's story of what happened in Montana in 1948.
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White Crosses
Mercer County Sheriff Jack Nevelsen has sworn to serve and protect his corner of Montana, which includes his lifelong home, the small tidy town of Bentrock.
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The Lives of Edie Pritchard
It’s been a lifetime of proving that she is allowed to exist in her own sphere. The Lives of Edie Pritchard tells the story of one woman just trying to be herself, even as multiple men attempt to categorize and own her.