charles portis

https://www.oxfordamerican.org/item/1902-remembering-charles-portis I started reading him several years ago -- Norwood, True Grit, pieces in Escape Velocity, maybe Dog of the South... and mean to read him again before long. There's a place here to discuss his work...

This living author (born 1933) was my personal "discovery of the year" not long ago. In general "humorous books" is a category I avoid. But Portis was delightful. I'd say: start with Norwood or True Grit.* I'd happily start rereading one or the other of these right now if I didn't have so...