Bad tempers and bright smiles

"Kid, the next time I say, "Let's go someplace like Bolivia," let's go someplace like Bolivia." - Paul Newman (Butch), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Jean Kirschtein was born from the dust, a Pennsylvanian boy without a penny to his name and a wandering spirit. Having long idolised the outlaws who galloped through his dimestore novels, he chooses to seek out adventure and fortune out West. Little does he know that he is setting in motion the events that will make him become one of the most renowned and infamous bandits of the century; a member of the legendary Wild Bunch, led by a man who leads Jean to question his beliefs, his morals and his heart.

But the days of the West are coming to a close; can he and Marco Bodt, a man famous for being one of the most successful bank robbers of the territory without ever firing a gun, shake loose the Pinkertons, the posses, and the ever-present threat of a modern age that wants them banished to the history books?

This is Jean's story, told in his own words - and the heart of an outlaw.

"Kid, the next time I say, "Let's go someplace like Bolivia," let's go someplace like Bolivia." 

- Paul Newman (Butch), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Jean Kirschtein was born from the dust, a Pennsylvanian boy without a penny to his name and a wandering spirit. Having long idolised the outlaws who galloped through his dimestore novels, he chooses to seek out adventure and fortune out West. Little does he know that he is setting in motion the events that will make him become one of the most renowned and infamous bandits of the century; a member of the legendary Wild Bunch, led by a man who leads Jean to question his beliefs, his morals and his heart.

But the days of the West are coming to a close; can he and Marco Bodt, a man famous for being one of the most successful bank robbers of the territory without ever firing a gun, shake loose the Pinkertons, the posses, and the ever-present threat of a modern age that wants them banished to the history books?

This is Jean's story, told in his own words - and the heart of an outlaw.

'Being in love with Marco was a bit like breathing; it was something he’d always done, just never noticed.'

Jean has been friends with Marco for a long time - a very long time. So long, in fact, that he can't actually remember when he stopped being a friend and started being - well, something else. But Jean is notoriously bad at relationships, and Marco is still new to this whole 'dating a guy' thing. As Jean worries over the implications of his new found relationship with his best friend, reassurance comes in the least likely source.

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“Kid, the next time I say, "Let’s go someplace like Bolivia,” let’s go someplace like Bolivia.“ - Paul Newman (Butch), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 

Jean Kirschtein was born from the dust, a Pennsylvanian boy without a penny to his name and a wandering spirit. Having long idolised the outlaws who galloped through his dimestore novels, he chooses to seek out adventure and fortune out West. Little does he know that he is setting in motion the events that will make him become one of the most renowned and infamous bandits of the century; a member of the legendary Wild Bunch, led by a man who leads Jean to question his beliefs, his morals and his heart. 

But the days of the West are coming to a close; can he and Marco Bodt, a man famous for being one of the most successful bank robbers of the territory without ever firing a gun, shake loose the Pinkertons, the posses, and the ever-present threat of a modern age that wants them banished to the history books? This is Jean’s story, told in his own words - and the heart of an outlaw.

"Kid, the next time I say, "Let's go someplace like Bolivia," let's go someplace like Bolivia." - Paul Newman (Butch), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Jean Kirschtein was born from the dust, a Pennsylvanian boy without a penny to his name and a wandering spirit. Having long idolised the outlaws who galloped through his dimestore novels, he chooses to seek out adventure and fortune out West. Little does he know that he is setting in motion the events that will make him become one of the most renowned and infamous bandits of the century; a member of the legendary Wild Bunch, led by a man who leads Jean to question his beliefs, his morals and his heart.

But the days of the West are coming to a close; can he and Marco Bodt, a man famous for being one of the most successful bank robbers of the territory without ever firing a gun, shake loose the Pinkertons, the posses, and the ever-present threat of a modern age that wants them banished to the history books?

This is Jean's story, told in his own words - and the heart of an outlaw.