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Generally, I do not care for stories that take place in a prison, but this is Elmore Leonard, so I figured I’d give it a try. I’m glad I did. “Harold Jackson took a place at the end of the table. There were two men at the other end. Shifting his gaze past them as he took a bite of bread, he could se Leggi tutto

Ho sempre associato il genere Western alla mia infanzia, da bambino andavo a casa di mia nonna e almeno un paio di volte a settimana mi piazzavo sulla poltrona davanti alla televisione a guardare le videocassette di John Wayne. Poi con l'adolescenza è arrivato Red Dead Redemption e il vecchio West è Leggi tutto

Elmore Leonard's Novel Of Yuma Prison Elmore Leonard (1925 -- 2013) wrote western novels before turning to the crime and suspense fiction for which he is better known. The Library of America has recently published a volume of four of Leonard's western novels and eight of his stories which offers an e Leggi tutto

No one does gritty like Leonard. This is bleak, barren, & ugly - the perfect prison. He had me sweating & dry as a bone in Yuma prison's heat when it's cold & wet here. Excellently done, but brutal & depressing. It was a quick read, but I just didn't get to it with the holidays. I should have.

A really oddball western as an unworldly minister becomes a prison warden at the infamous Yuma prison. He decides to lift the moral character of a black man and an Indian by turning them into "warriors". The ending is classic Leonard and is not to be missed.

Leonard writes with a cinematic touch, characters that stand out, locations vividly described, and with a plot that just possibly could happen, but probably not. That’s the case here. Start with an old West prison – you can picture the dust blowing, the bland buildings, the bars in the windows, the Leggi tutto