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Butcher's Crossing

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'Butcher's Crossing' follows Will Andrews, a Harvard dropout who travels to the frontier town of Butcher's Crossing, Kansas, in the 1870s to find adventure and meaning.

He joins a buffalo hunting expedition that descends into obsession and brutality.

Williams's stark prose captures the harsh realities of the American West and the destructive nature of human ambition.

The novel explores themes of man's relationship with nature, the loss of innocence, and the dark side of the frontier spirit.

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