And even if you haven’t, the conclusion isn’t difficult to foretell, though if you’re spoiler-sensitive and haven’t even glanced at “News,” skip to the next paragraph. If you’ve read “News of the World ,” which was a bestseller in paperback, you already know how “Simon the Fiddler” ends its closing section could serve as a prequel, at least in the story of Simon and Doris. And while “News” transcends some of the hoary tropes of westerns - lending dignity and consciousness to its captive child - “Simon the Fiddler” sometimes tends toward the old-fashioned, sentimental and untrue.
The new novel tracks red-headed fiddler Simon Boudlin’s progress toward the same city, bent on reuniting with a woman he believes he is fated to marry. Her new book, “Simon the Fiddler,” shares a great deal of DNA with her the 2016 National Book Award finalist, “News of the World.” Set in postbellum Texas, each centers on the quest to rescue a young woman: “News” (soon to be a film starring Tom Hanks) follows 71-year-old Captain Kidd as he endeavors to return an orphan girl captured and raised by the Kiowa to her family near San Antonio. Perhaps it isn’t fair to judge a book by its predecessor, but in the case of Paulette Jiles, the impulse is irrepressible.
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