High Plains Tango
A Novel
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March 21, 2005
A mysterious loner tries to find love and peace of mind in rural South Dakota in Waller's latest, a tepid, unfocused novel that begins when a handsome, independent drifter, Carlisle McMillan, arrives in the tiny town of Salamander. McMillan is the son of Bridges of Madison County
photographer Robert Kincaid; he previously appeared in A Thousand Country Roads,
in search of his father. The California native and master carpenter with a Stanford degree finds his interest piqued by Salamander, and he buys an abandoned house just outside town, making plans to rebuild it. But trouble comes calling when a corrupt developer decides to seize McMillan's house as part of a potentially lucrative highway project; McMillan fights back with a well-organized battle plan that gets him in trouble with most of the town's residents. Romance is in the offing, too, of course: McMillan takes up with comely Gally Deveraux shortly after her brutish husband dies, but the real object of his desire is beautiful Susanna Benteen, a wild, mysterious woman who keeps company with the local Sioux as they observe McMillan in his fight against the highway project. Waller offers a bit more substance here than in other post-Bridges
offerings, but he's still hamstrung by cliché. The result is yet another half-baked attempt to recapture the magic of Madison County. Agent, David Vigliano.
Carlisle McMillan, originally from California, travels to the High Plains and decides to settle in the town of Salamander, South Dakota. There he learns the trade of a master carpenter and is drawn to two very different women, Gally Devereaux, a local waitress, and Susanna Benteen, a beautiful drifter, rumored to be a witch. Threatened with losing his land and newly remodeled home, Carlisle fights against planned development that would take a highway right through his property. Sam Freed's deep voice is reminiscent of storytellers of old. His suitable alterations of tone add lyricism, reinforcing the evocative depictions of the stark yet picturesque landscape. S.C.M. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine
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