Lonesome Dove

Well-written, with interesting characters. An American western epic. But (and I shouldn't have been surprised by a Western, I suppose) ultimately a paean to westward expansion and the rangers whose genocide of indigenous populations made it possible. The novel isn't entirely uncritical or unreflective about some of that ugly history, but I was disappointed by the way that indigenous, Black, and Hispanic characters played only side roles with little depth that primarily served to advance the plot for the white characters at the heart of the novel.