One of the best of those regional Wyoming characters, Walt Longmire, sheriff of the fictional Absaroka County, stars in Johnson’s sixth Longmire novel, Junkyard Dogs. Written as a first-person narrative that reads as if it were laconically voiced by Sam Elliott, Dogs is a worn-in old workboot of a yarn, with twists and turns both classic and unique, delivered without an ounce of sensationalism. Laid-back humor, on the other hand — the kind that doesn’t bat an eyelash over an octogenarian from the house on the hill having an affair with the local junkman — you’ll find everywhere, like buried treasure.
Go prospecting, then: Johnson will read from and sign copies of Dogs tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 East Colfax Avenue. For more information, surf to www.tatteredcover.com or call 303-322-7727.
Fri., June 18, 7:30 p.m., 2010
