'The Son': The Glory and Brutality of a Purebred Texan Clan The words of Edward Gibbon bookend Philipp Meyer's novel "The Son," a luxuriantly big book that tells a very Texan story of decline and fall. Meyer opens with Gibbon's words about how the vicissitudes of fortune defeat the most magisterial human achievements.
June 23, 2013 - The Lakeland Ledger