A Man Called Outlaw

This is the first novel I've read in the Western genre, so I had high expectations. The characterisations of the “good” characters were satisfactory, and the plot has a twist which initially appeared surprising, but, in hindsight, I daresay I saw it coming – it wasn't as thickly veiled as I'd expected.

But the issue that disappointed me the most was that I couldn't empathise with the antagonist. Without giving out any spoilers, I couldn't identify strongly enough with the motivation behind his greed, as it was sketched scantily. Also, paradoxically, he seems both extremely cunning and outrageously complacent in that he almost always gets his way, yet only does so with the same horrifying mindset throughout...