{"product_id":"the-son-isbn-9780062669810","title":"The Son","description":"\u003cp\u003eA TV Series on AMC starring Pierce Brosnan and co-written by Philipp Meyer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow in paperback, the critically acclaimed, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling epic, a multi-generational family saga of land, blood, and power that follows the rise of one unforgettable Texas family from the Comanche raids of the 1800s to the oil booms of the 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart epic of Texas, part classic coming-of-age story, part unflinching examination of the bloody price of power, \u003ci\u003eThe Son\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping and utterly transporting American Western novel that maps the legacy of violence in the American west with rare emotional acuity, even as it presents an intimate portrait of one family across two centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEli McCullough is just twelve-years-old when a marauding band of Comanche storm his Texas homestead and brutally murder his mother and sister, taking him as a captive. Despite their torture and cruelty, Eli—against all odds—adapts to life with the Comanche, learning their ways, their language, taking on a new name, finding a place as the adopted son of the chief of the band, and fighting their wars against not only other Indians, but white men, too-complicating his sense of loyalty, his promised vengeance, and his very understanding of self. But when disease, starvation, and westward expansion finally decimate the Comanche, Eli is left alone in a world in which he belongs nowhere, neither white nor Indian, civilized or fully wild.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeftly interweaving Eli’s story with those of his son, Peter, and his great-granddaughter, JA, this sprawling Texas historical fiction explores the legacy of Eli’s ruthlessness, his drive to power, and his life-long status as an outsider, even as the McCullough family rises to become one of the richest in Texas, a ranching-and-oil dynasty of unsurpassed wealth and privilege.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarrowing, panoramic, and deeply evocative, this epic Texas novel is a fully realized masterwork in the greatest tradition of the American canon-an unforgettable novel that combines the narrative prowess of Larry McMurtry with the knife edge sharpness of Cormac McCarthy.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eSpring, 1849. Eli McCullough is thirteen years old when a band of Comanche storms his Texas homestead and murders his mother and sister, taking him captive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrave and clever, Eli quickly adapts to Comanche life, carving out a place as the chief’s adopted son and waging war against their enemies. But when disease, starvation, and overwhelming numbers of armed Americans decimate the tribe, Eli finds himself alone. Neither white nor Indian, civilized nor fully wild, he must fashion a place for himself in a world in which he does not fully belong—a journey of adventure, tragedy, and grit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilipp Meyer deftly explores how Eli’s ruthlessness and steely prag-matism transform subsequent generations of McCulloughs, including his son Peter and his great-grandaughter, Jeannie. Love, honor, and even children are sacrificed in the name of ambition, as the family becomes one of the richest powers in Texas, a ranching-and-oil dynasty of unsurpassed wealth and privilege. Yet, like all empires, the McCulloughs must eventually face the consequences of their choices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarrowing, panoramic, and vividly drawn, \u003cem\u003eThe Son\u003c\/em\u003e is a masterful and memorable literary achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“An epic of the American Southwest, Meyer’s masterly second novel follows several generations of a Texas ranching and oil dynasty through the 19th and 20th centuries…” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review, Paperback Row\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Meyer’s tale is vast, volcanic, prodigious in violence, intermittently hard to fathom, not infrequently hard to stomach, and difficult to ignore.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The greatest things about \u003ci\u003eThe Son\u003c\/i\u003e are its scope and ambition.  . . It’s an enveloping, extremely well-wrought, popular novel with passionate convictions about the people, places and battles that it conjures.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Mr. Meyer’s version of how a white child grows into the culture of a Comanche warrior is so vivid, violent, heartless and tender at the same time that I often put the book down to recover from the scenes, then picked it up, eager to follow the narrative.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePittsburg Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Meyer has penned another masterpiece of American fiction. Read it and see if you don’t agree.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDayton Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Son\u003c\/i\u003e is a true American original. Meyer describes the Comanche as ‘riding to haul hell out of its shuck.’ It’s an apt description of how it feels to read this exciting, far-reaching book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Journal Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of the best books I’ve ever read . . . Incredibly ambitious and rich, and it reminds me of \u003ci\u003eBlood Meridian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAs I Lay Dying\u003c\/i\u003e. Faulkner and McCarthy fans should definitely check it out.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDallas Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Son\u003c\/i\u003e drives home one hard and fascinating truth about American life: None of us belong here. We just have it on loan until the next civilization comes around.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ambitious readers who take their prose seriously should grab a copy of \u003ci\u003eThe Son\u003c\/i\u003e, a stunning work of historical fiction by Philipp Meyer. Scores of critics are gushing over the book calling it epic, one of the best of the year, even an American classic.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCNN Online (Hot Reads for June)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“By the novel’s end, Philipp Meyer has demonstrated that he can write a potboiler of the first rank, aswirl with pulpy pleasures: impossible love affairs, illicit sex, strife between fathers and sons, the unhappiness of the rich, the corruption of power.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Son\u003c\/i\u003e is positioned to seduce readers who swooned for \u003ci\u003eLonesome Dove\u003c\/i\u003e and 2011’s briskly selling Comanche history, \u003ci\u003eEmpire of the Summer Moon\u003c\/i\u003e. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It may not be the Great American Novel, but it certainly is a damn good one.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly (Grade A Review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Son is adeptly written, rife with conflict, and richly built on scads of historical detail. Meyer is unflinching in his portrayal of violence and its role in America’s bedrock.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustin American-Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“. . . a raw and gritty novel not for the faint-hearted.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEagle (Bryan-College Station, Texas)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Philipp Meyer offers a tale that spans generations and, in its own way, encapsulates the history of the state itself.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of the most solid, unsparing pieces of American historical fiction to come out this century... a brilliant chronicle of Texas... stunning, raw and epic... \u003ci\u003eThe Son\u003c\/i\u003e is vast, brave and, finally, unstoppable.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An old-fashioned family saga set against the birth of Texas and the modern West, this is a riveting slow burn of love, power, and a legacy of violence spanning generations. Meyer is a writer of vast ambition and talent, and he has created nothing less than an American epic.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“There is an extravagant quantity of birth, death and bitter passion in Philipp Meyer’s grand and engrossing Texas saga.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of those books that remind you how totally absorbing a novel can be... the work of an uncommonly visionary and skillful writer with a superb sense of pacing... a beautiful, violent and frequently heartbreaking book, but it is not without a sense of fun.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Independent Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A vivid, unflinching look at the peoples who struggled to conquer Texas, and one another. . . an aerial view of Texas, in which hidden elements of a huge, breathtaking landscape are suddenly made clear.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustin Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“With its vast scope,  \u003ci\u003eThe Son\u003c\/i\u003e makes a viable claim to be a Great American Novel of the sort John Dos Passos and Frank Norris once produced... an extraordinary orchestration of American history. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is the book you want to read this summer...  Every facet of Meyer’s world--scent and sight and sensation--has weight and heft...  Meyer’s dream is a nightmare in which blood seeks power. It’s also un-put-down-able.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Inside Meyer’s massive Texas saga is perhaps the best Indian captive story ever written. .  . [Meyer’s] tale is best compared to \u003ci\u003eGiant\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eLittle Big Man\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLonesome Dove\u003c\/i\u003e also come to mind, as well as the novels of Douglas C. Jones, Alan LeMay, and Benjamin Capps.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Meyer’s massive Texas saga is perhaps the best Indian captive story ever written. .  . [Meyer’s] tale is best compared to \u003ci\u003eGiant\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eLittle Big Man\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLonesome Dove\u003c\/i\u003e also come to mind...” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A novel that is an epic in the truest sense of the word: massive in scope, replete with transformations in fortune and fate, and drenched in the blood of war.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sweeping, absorbing epic. . . Meyer’s sophomore novel deftly opens with entwined, impending deaths across generations, joining tangled stories over three centuries, the contested line between the U.S. and Mexico, and very different cultures; if sometimes it hints of McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove and Ferber’s Giant, it more often partakes of the somber, doomed certainty of Faulkner. . . An expertly written tale of ancient crimes, with every period detail-and every detail, period-just right.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sweeping, absorbing epic. . .An expertly written tale of ancient crimes, with every period detail--and every detail, period--just right.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilipp Meyer redrafts humanity’s oldest questions and deepest obsessions into something so raw and dazzling and brutal and real, \u003ci\u003eThe Son\u003c\/i\u003e should come with its own soundtrack - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTea Obreht\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A true American epic, full of brutal poetry and breathtaking panoramas. Meyer’s characters repeatedly bear witness to the collision of human greed, savagery, and desire with the mute and indomitable Plains landscape. Meyer is a writer of tremendous talent, compassion and ambition.--\u003ci\u003eThe Son\u003c\/i\u003e is a staggering achievement.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaren Russell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One word--stunning.  \u003ci\u003eThe Son\u003c\/i\u003e stands fair to hold its own in the canon of Great American Novels. A book that for once really does deserve to be called a masterpiece.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKate Atkinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The stuff of Great American Literature. Like all destined classics, Meyer’s second novel speaks volumes about humanity--our insatiable greed, our inherent frailty, the endless cycle of conquer or be conquered. So, too, his characters’ successes and failures serve as a constant reminder: ‘There is nothing we will not have mastered, except, of course, ourselves.’” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The stuff of Great American Literature. Like all destined classics, Meyer’s second novel speaks volumes about humanity--our insatiable greed, our inherent frailty, the endless cycle of conquer or be conquered.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Treading on similar ground to James Michener, Larry McMurtry, and Cormac McCarthy,  Meyer brings the bloody, racially fraught history of Texas to life. Call it a family saga or an epic, this novel is a violent and harrowing read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is an endlessly absorbing book, a page-turner with serious moral scope, both full of feeling and ruthlessly engineered, as great books are, to get us closer to the truth about ourselves.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An epic, heroic, hallucinatory work of art in which wry modern tropes and savage Western lore hunt together on an endless prairie... a horribly tragic, disturbingly comic and fiercely passionate masterpiece of storytelling.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChris Cleave\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Meyer is an impressive and multi-talented story-teller in the old, good sense--the kind that makes me hang on for whatever the next chapter will hold.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Ford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A remarkable, beautifully crafted novel.  Meyer tackles large movements of American history and culture yet also delivers page-turning delights of story and character.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles Frazier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“. . . Meyer’s brilliant second novel . . . The writing is strong - ‘riders were suddening out of the trees’ - and rich with detail. . . Just like Meyer’s riveting 2009 debut \u003ci\u003eAmerican Rust\u003c\/i\u003e, this is a wonderful novel.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an endlessly absorbing book, a page-turner with serious moral scope, both full of feeling and ruthlessly engineered, as great books are, to get us closer to the truth about ourselves. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Son\u003c\/i\u003e clearly demonstrates how a well-written, thoroughly researched work of fiction illuminates the past. . . ‘No land was ever acquired honestly in the history of the earth,’ Eli maintains. An outstanding novelist has tilled this fertile ground.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSanta Fe New Mexican\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Critics have compared the writing to Larry McMurtry’s \u003ci\u003eLonesome Dove\u003c\/i\u003e or any of Cormac McCarthy’s novels. Anyone who likes a Western saga will find plenty to savor in this latest work from a distinguished spinner of Western yarns.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eExaminer.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Philipp Meyer’s epic novel begins in 1849, when Eli McCullough, 13, is kidnapped by Comanches, and ends in 2012 as Eli’s rich and powerful great-granddaughter is dying. USA TODAY says **** out of four.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The author of  \u003ci\u003eThe Yellow Birds\u003c\/i\u003esays Philipp Meyer’s novel \u003ci\u003eThe Son\u003c\/i\u003e has ‘as much to say about what it means to be American as any book I’ve ever read.’” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review, By the Book interview with Kevin Powers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The story of our founding mythology; of the men and women who tore a country from the wilderness and the price paid in blood by subsequent generations. An epic in the tradition of Faulkner and Melville, this is the work of a writer at the height of his power.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKevin Powers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As bold, ambitious and brutal as its subject: the rise of Texas as seen through the tortured history of one family.  At 561 pages, The Son is a demanding read... But by the end, Meyer ties it together and not too neatly. Tougher-than-tough Eli McCullough would respect that.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today (4 Stars)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“. . . Involving and moving novel. Meyer’s work deserves its place among the great epics of Texas; even more, his vision of the state will change the way readers understand and judge its history and its folklore.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChapter 16\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In gorgeously gritty prose, this epic novel follows three generations of the McCullough family - as wild as the untamed Texas frontier where they’ve settled - in their ruthless quest for power. 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