Fire in the Hole: Stories (Raylan Givens #2.5)
These nine stories are the great Elmore Leonard at his vivid, hilarious, and unfailingly human best.
When the Women Come Out to Dance is a book of short stories. Each story felt like a TV show that you happen upon when channel surfing and you keep watching because there's nothing else on and you just decide you want to see how the show ends.The stories are well-written, but just not the type of stories I like to read.
This compilation, consisting of 9 short stories, is named after its longest title, Fire In The Hole, the inspiration for the television series Justified. It begins with a Kentucky-based Nazi called Boyd blowing up a church with a grenade launcher. When US Marshal Raylan arrives to investigate, he becomes reacquainted with Ava, an old school friend. Ava has recently killed her husband, Boyds brother.Vengeful Colombian mail order brides are the subjects of When the Women Come Out to Dance. The
First book in the Year of Elmore Leonard. This is a collection of short stories that cover both the crime and western genres. There are some familiar names here. A fun Karen Sisco story and a story about the grandson of Carl Webster. The highlight for many will be the Raylan Givens story "Fire in the Hole." This is the story that inspired the FX series Justified. This is classic Leonard writing and is a pleasure to read. You could read this book straight through and then come back and just savor
A fantastic collection of short stories, it starts out with a couple of short sketches that are more interesting than they should be for what they are. Leonard's writing really shines as he manages to use a short scene to paint entire people & years of history. Other stories include the one on which the TV series Justified is based & one with Karen Sisco, another interesting marshal. Plus plenty more, including 2 that I had previously read in his western stories. They were just as good
This the short story that spawned the FX series, Justified. It is almost word-for-word the pilot episode (with a notable difference at the end), and the show has done a great job staying true to the tone of the original story.
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Original Title: | When the Women Come Out to Dance |
ISBN: | 006220811X (ISBN13: 9780062208118) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Raylan Givens #2.5 |
Characters: | Raylan Givens, Karen Sisco |
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In this superb short fiction collection, Elmore Leonard, “the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever” (New York Times Book Review), once again illustrates how the line between the law and the lawbreakers is not as firm as we might think. In the title story, the basis for the hit FX series Justified, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens meets up with an old friend, but they’re now on different sides of the law. Federal marshal Karen Sisco, from Out of Sight, returns in “Karen Makes Out,” once again inadvertently mixing pleasure with business. In “When the Women Come Out to Dance,” Mrs. Mahmood gets more than she bargains for when she conspires with her maid to end her unhappy marriage.These nine stories are the great Elmore Leonard at his vivid, hilarious, and unfailingly human best.
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Title | : | Fire in the Hole: Stories (Raylan Givens #2.5) |
Author | : | Elmore Leonard |
Book Format | : | ebook |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 256 pages |
Published | : | March 27th 2012 by William Morrow (first published January 1st 2001) |
Categories | : | Fiction. Short Stories. Mystery. Crime. Westerns |
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I knew I liked watching the series Justified, though I had not cottoned to one book by this author, so I checked out this collection of shorts to give him another try. I really enjoyed these short stories and took time with them. Raylan does make a memorable appearance, but there is good variety to be found here with interesting characters and events.When the Women Come Out to Dance is a book of short stories. Each story felt like a TV show that you happen upon when channel surfing and you keep watching because there's nothing else on and you just decide you want to see how the show ends.The stories are well-written, but just not the type of stories I like to read.
This compilation, consisting of 9 short stories, is named after its longest title, Fire In The Hole, the inspiration for the television series Justified. It begins with a Kentucky-based Nazi called Boyd blowing up a church with a grenade launcher. When US Marshal Raylan arrives to investigate, he becomes reacquainted with Ava, an old school friend. Ava has recently killed her husband, Boyds brother.Vengeful Colombian mail order brides are the subjects of When the Women Come Out to Dance. The
First book in the Year of Elmore Leonard. This is a collection of short stories that cover both the crime and western genres. There are some familiar names here. A fun Karen Sisco story and a story about the grandson of Carl Webster. The highlight for many will be the Raylan Givens story "Fire in the Hole." This is the story that inspired the FX series Justified. This is classic Leonard writing and is a pleasure to read. You could read this book straight through and then come back and just savor
A fantastic collection of short stories, it starts out with a couple of short sketches that are more interesting than they should be for what they are. Leonard's writing really shines as he manages to use a short scene to paint entire people & years of history. Other stories include the one on which the TV series Justified is based & one with Karen Sisco, another interesting marshal. Plus plenty more, including 2 that I had previously read in his western stories. They were just as good
This the short story that spawned the FX series, Justified. It is almost word-for-word the pilot episode (with a notable difference at the end), and the show has done a great job staying true to the tone of the original story.
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