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“If Leonard were a new kid instead of a past master, this fiction collection would make his name.” (People )
“Rummaging through Leonard’s attic via these nine stories revives some fond memories and turns up a couple of forgotten treasures.” (Kirkus Reviews )
“Elmore Leonard’s 39th book ...finds one of America’s most accomplished novelists presenting his most accomplished female characters in years.” (USA Today )
“Rummaging through Leonard’s attic via these nine stories revives some fond memories and turns up a couple of forgotten treasures.” (Kirkus Reviews )
“Elmore Leonard’s 39th book ...finds one of America’s most accomplished novelists presenting his most accomplished female characters in years.” (USA Today )
Book Description
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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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic stories,
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This review is from: Fire In The Hole: Stories (Paperback)
What can I say about Elmore Leonard that hasn't been said. A series of entertaining short stories by America's greatest story-teller. Has the beginnings of U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens for Justified fans and collectors. Highly recommend!
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4.0 out of 5 stars (11 customer reviews) 39 of 42 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Money for old rope,
By Sam Quixote - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Fire In The Hole: Stories (Paperback)
This book has actually been printed before under a different title a few years ago "When the Women Come Out to Dance". Stories are exactly the same, in the same order, with nothing new added, just a different title "Fire in the Hole".I read "When the Women..." a while back but I remember liking it, so if you haven't read that then picking that up or this new edition of it is worth it. It includes the short story that led to the Tim Olyphant FX series "Justified" if you're a fan of that. But for fans of Elmore Leonard, don't be fooled by the title, the master has not written a new book here, it's just the publisher trying to make a quick buck. 11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
True excellence, throughout,
By Michael Chaney - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Fire In The Hole: Stories (Paperback)
I've read and re-read each story in this collection 3 or 4 times. Each is a gem. I can't remember a short story collection as well done.Today, and for the last 20 years or so, crime fiction is all about plot. Guys who write poorly--who fill page after page with cringe-inducing phrases and dialogue unlike the way anyone actually speaks--become the biggest sellers, while a guy like Elmore Leonard, America's best writer, wows the critics and sells far fewer books. Still always on the Best Seller list, but with modest sales relative to his genius, a sad fact that says a lot more about American readers than it does about Leonard. If you want Hemingway-caliber writing, but with humor and pitch perfect dialogue, Elmore's your man. And this short story collection is a good place to start. I can't find a cut and paste-able version of the collection from which to post an excerpt, but for those unfamiliar with Leonard, here's a small taste from his book Pagan Babies. << THE CHURCH HAD BECOME a tomb where forty-seven bodies turned to leather and stains had been lying on the concrete floor the past five years, though not lying where they had been shot with Kalashnikovs or hacked to death with machetes. The benches had been removed and the bodies reassembled: men, women and small children laid in rows of skulls and spines, femurs, fragments of cloth stuck to mummified remains, many of the adults missing feet, all missing bones that had been carried off by scavenging dogs. >> 10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Sleazy marketing by the publisher,
By Jack Cliff "cliffbooks" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Fire In The Hole: Stories (Paperback)
As others have mentioned, this is a reissue of an old book under a new title. The new title is designed to tie in with the TV series "Justified". There is certainly nothing wrong with bringing back an older book when there may be new interest in it. It is wrong to try to make it look like something it isn't. There are 9 short stories in this book, and I believe only one has any relation to the TV series.
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