Jimmy's Reviews > The Wandering Hill

Just to give you an idea of McMurtry, here is a brief summary of Chapter 33: A Blackfoot name Antelope gets stabbed with a lance that goes right through him. To everyone's amazement, he survives. In fact, he did not seem to be feeling too bad. He could not run as fast as he used to, a quality which had made him quite attractive to the Blackfeet women. Surprisingly, they seemed to find him even more attractive now. With the lance in him, Antelope had to sleep on his side. He found that uncomfortable. He did not want to pull out the lance because he thought it would allow his soul to escape through the hole. So he sawed off both ends and changed his name to Man with a Plug in His Belly. I love that!