Tishomingo Blues CD
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (936 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060011165 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 278 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
One of his best Going back through my library of Elmore Leonard books -- picking out old favorites to read. Can't believe he's gone. What a legacy of material he's left for us to enjoy. And this is one of my personal favorites. Funny. Fast. Clever. Left me wanting more of Dennis and Robert, that. Interesting characters and premise. Sometimes a bit hard to follow. Good character development. Interesting premise, as always with Leonard. Needed some editing. Leonard intersperses narrative with the thoughts of his characters without benefit of quotes or attribution. Not a huge issue, just annoying. ( I don't care how popular an author is, I d. Meet the crowd More than half-way though this gem, I decided I better go back to the beginning and start all over. All the better. More enjoymet for every dollar spent. But the reader almost needs a scorecard. Every character fascinates, nasty as most of them are. I really feel that I came to k
Put them all in costume along with a bunch of other "reenactors" bent on refighting an important Civil War battle, season with plenty of historic detail, and you've got all the classic ingredients of an Elmore Leonard novel--except for drama, suspense, or mystery, that is. Throw in a crooked deputy sheriff and an honest state cop. Readers will be casting the inevitable movie in their heads (Samuel L. --Jane Adams. Jackson is a lock for Robert, who glides into town in a flashy Jag and gets the action going) as they chuckle their way to the las
“Leonard delivers a certifiable masterpiece of such twisted ingenuity that he transcends even his own bad self….Tishomingo Blues is that good.”—Baltimore Sun Crime fiction Grand Master Elmore Leonard heads to the Deep South for a bracing dose of Tishomingo Blues—a wild, Leonard-esque ride featuring gamblers, mobsters, murderers, high divers, and Civil War re-enactors that the New York Times Book Review calls, “Leonard’s best work since Get Shorty.” Sparkling with trademark “Dutch” Leonard dialogue so sharp it could cut you, Tishomingo Blues is classic mystery, mayhem, and gritty noir fun from “the coolest, hottest thriller writer in America” (Chicago Tribune).