Just finished House of Sky which will be one of my all-time favourites and revered books. The quality of writing, intricate and lyrical expressions and truthful relating without getting overly-sentimental is of a rare and unique quality, imo...as the Chicago Sun-Times said, "Doig is to be considered the premier writer of the American West," and then some, imo. THIS is the book I wish I'd had enough material to even attempt when it came to working my dad's stories into a book. I could never match the ability of expression as Doig, though, so there ya go.

This, near the end of the book, took my breath away and pierced my heart: Split the tongue of the silence that beats in you when you first know that a parent is dying, and it will begin to recite everything unsaid across a lifetime.

Just started on Ruled Britannia. So far, so good.