One of 2018’s most hyped games is a reminder to read one of 2016’s best books, News of the World. Red Dead Redemption 2’s big open world benefits from the context of Paulette Jiles’ masterpiece.
Paulette Jiles’ novel News of the World doesn’t fit comfortably in the great Western canon. Its hero is neither sheriff nor cowboy — though he’s plenty heroic — and in a hair more than 200 pages, Jiles captures the soul of Texas, but does so in a distinctly un-Texas fashion, with concision and humility.
