by Elmore Leonard
Fans of the TV Series “Justified” (I am) will recognize all of the plots in this set of short stories tied together only by Raylan’s presence: the nurse selling kidneys, the coal mining VP trying to get contracts signed, etc. (He barely figures in the story about the poker-playing girl.) I regret Le...
A bit different than the other Raylan novels because we had about three scenarios going on. The novel seemed a bit like the actual series this time in that way. You also have Art and Boyd Crowder in this one. I'm really unsure when this book was published in conjunction with where the series was ...
Disappointing. This is not a novel, it's a novella and two somewhat related short stories - and it reads like what it probably is: the season opening two-part episode of the series "Justified" followed by two single episodes. Meh!
This is such a strange and awkward cultural artifact that I hardly know what to do with it. The book is called Raylan, set in the typeface from Justified the TV show, and there’s our man Timothy Olyphant on the cover. We are led to think this is a novel that takes place in the universe of Justified ...
This book seems a bit of a mishmash of several stories, all involving a US Marshall named Raylan Givens. Apparently, there is a TV series about this guy. The stories were mildly interesting. Raylan grew up a sho 'nuff hillbilly coal miner in Eastern Kentucky, but left for a better life, so to speak....
Reading a couple of other books but I saw this at the library and couldn't pass it up. Raylan is fun, but I have to agree with some other reviewers that it feels like a series of novellas rather than a coherent novel. Doesn't matter to me, though. Leonard's prose is a joy to read and simply flows, l...
Raylan: "What did he want to know?"Art: "Whether you'd shot anybody this week."I remember reading Elmore's rules of writing and fixing upon his rule "leave out the stuff people skip". This novel is a testament to that rule; there is nothing you want to skip in it. This is one of those books that fee...
I was somewhat disappointed in this book, but it isn’t Leonard’s fault.According to some reading I’ve done, it seems like Leonard let the show runners read an ARC of the book, allowing them to take plot points for the second season of the show. If that is the case, and after reading the book it see...
US Marshal Raylan Givens investigates a kidney stealing ring, acts as a bodyguard to a beautiful coal mining executive, and tracks down a missing college girl named Jackie Nevada who is a poker player and possibly a bank robber.Bad Pun Alert: I've only seen the first season of the show starring Tim...
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