Big Red Bird With Fuzzy Pink Feet finished reading Dune by Frank Herbert (Dune Chronicles, #1)
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, …
I remember it as much longer, but it's in fact pretty trim. Each chapter does what it needs to do - lays out necessary exposition, moves the plot, makes its high point(s) - and lets the next chapter have the stage.
Herbert truly was a master wordsmith.