True Grit by Charles Portis

There is no knowing what lies in a man's heart. On a trip to buy ponies, Frank Ross is killed by one of his own workers. Tom Chaney shoots him down in the street for a horse, $150 cash, and two Californian gold pieces. Ross's unusually mature and single-minded fourteen-year-old daughter Mattie travels to claim his body, and finds that the authorities are doing nothing to find Chaney. Then she hears of Rooster - a man, she's told, who has grit - and convinces him to join her in a quest into dark, dangerous Indian territory to hunt Chaney down and avenge her father's murder.

REVIEWS

"Charles Portis is perhaps the most original, indescribable sui generis talent overlooked by literary culture in America." - Esquire

"Comparable to her literary ancestor and fellow southerner, Huckleberry Finn a gripping story made up of insightful digressions ."- Observer

"It is a pleasure to be able to recommend a novel wholeheartedly an instant classic." - Newsday

PRODUCT DETAILS
Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 978-0747572633
Pages: 224