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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

It's easy to see why Elmore Leonard was good at westerns. His characters ring true and that's especially true here. The naïve warden, the outcast protagonists and an antagonist that the reader naturally roots against. I enjoyed this one.

Another excellent novel from Leonard...the master.