by Elmore Leonard, Alexander Adams
An incongruous story at best. A modern cowboy wanna-be, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, has taken off for Italy in pursuit of Harry who is being sought by a number of felons who want to do him harm. I started reading the Raylan Givens series after reading an interview with Elmore Leonard who rem...
This was my first exposure to an Elmore Leonard book. Initially, I was put off my his very "unwriterly" means of writing. I loved the dialogue though, so I kept reading along. For the most part, I really liked Raylan and Joyce. Harry was a prick and I would have let the mob have him.The story wa...
I enjoyed it; it is different from what you might be used to from the series because it is set before the events depicted in "Fire in the Hole" (though the ending of this book strongly resembles the initial set of events in Justified that send Raylan back to Kentucky).Great story line and interestin...
What took me so long to read Elmore Leonard? This was fantastic, loved it from start to finish. Raylan Givens is a great character, so good I might even watch the TV show that features him. Headed to the library to get the next one...
I liked this one quite a bit but I like Raylan Givens a lot. This is the first book starring the throwback Deputy Marshall and it is pretty much what you would expect. The characters are excellent, the dialog pops, the story move right along to a satisfying ending. Elmore Leonard is a goddamned geni...
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