The Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke (fiction 2014)

Burke is always good, exciting, funny, sad and crazy - with a few draggy spots where he can sometimes blab on for no reason.  This story is about a Texan who goes to fight the Germans and comes back to start an oil business.  I loved the first half so much that I forced myself to set down the book and start another one so that I could prolong the joy.