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Sundance

by David Fuller
Riverhead. Jun. 2014. 352p. ISBN 9781594632457. $27.95; ebk. ISBN 9780698140257. F
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Whatever happened to Harry Longbaugh, the Sundance Kid? Said to have been killed in a shootout in Bolivia, he has actually been locked up in a Wyoming prison under a different name for 12 years. When he is released in 1913, he makes his way to New York City in search of his wife, Etta Place, who seems to have disappeared. Feeling displaced in time by the rapid modernization of big city life, Harry is challenged at every turn. His search for Etta will take him to Sicilian mobsters' hideouts, the opium dens of Chinatown, anarchists' gatherings, settlement houses, and underground tunnels. Clues to Etta's whereabouts are far and few between.
VERDICT Suspense, romance, history, and Western lore are all spun together between the covers of Fuller's (Sweetsmoke) sophomore effort. This novel is at times a bit far-fetched, but since little is known about the real Etta Place, all sorts of backstories can be—and have been—invented. Those who got to know Etta Place in Gerald Kolpan's novel, Etta, may enjoy the different viewpoint presented here.
Reviewed by Keddy Ann Outlaw, Houston , May 02, 2014
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