I just finished reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. I usually read Christian fiction, but have wanted to read this book for awhile, so I finally did. This was a great read. I hated to finish the book in many ways. The story-telling was masterful, the character development was superb and the storylines all tied together flawlessly. Overall, I found this book to be incredible. There were some instances of crude language, violence and many sexual references. Those, to me, were just a part of the story that went along with the old west. A wonderful masterpiece of a novel!