by Robert B. Parker
Appaloosa is one of the best Western novels that I have read, and Robert Parker’s finest novel. The two principal characters, Virgil Cole and his deputy, Everett Hitch, who narrates the story, are two very well-rounded and likeable characters. Part of the reason that the novel really works is the pr...
bookshelves: film-only, summer-2014, published-2005, western Read from May 13 to June 01, 2014 Description: When Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch arrive in Appaloosa, they find a town suffering at the hands of a renegade rancher who’s already left the city marshal and one of his deputies dead. Cole...
So glad this book was so short... not a fan.
Pretty good book from Parker. Anyone who has read the Spenser novels knows that Parker can definitely write. This one was fine, I'll probably read the next one someday.
I was a quarter of the way into this book when I finally realized why it seemed so familiar. I had seen the movie that was based on the book starring Ed Harris, Viggo Mortenson, and Renee Zellweger. It follows the book quite closely so there wasn't a lot of suspense in the narrative. But the book...
This book was all action, no substance.
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