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There is no greater writer of crime fiction than Elmore Leonard, and no one who has more resplendent energy. -- Philip Hensher THE GUARDIAN 20120128 I think I've read all of Leonard's books, and even the ones I didn't like much, I enjoyed. But when he hits the target, it's a real bullseye, and this is one of them. -- Mark Timlin CRIMETIME 20120130 Leonard is one of the great American novelists. His work is a demonstration that the use of language has no rules or boundaries. -- Erica Wagner THE TIMES There's no cooler, slicker thriller writer than Leonard, and he proves it once again in this, his 46th thriller in the 86 years of his life...A joy from the first page to the last, it shows that Elmore Leonard is still as sharp and serrated as ever he was. -- Geoffrey Wansell DAILY MAIL RAYLAN is high-octane pop fiction of the darkest humour. -- Ian Thomson SPECTATOR For dialogue, plot and style, you won't find better. -- Doug Johnstone BIG ISSUE Immerse yourself in a murky world of kidney extraction and female bank robbers, woven together by the 87-year-old master who, even after 45 books, still knows how to surprise readers. SHORTLIST He can get to the heart of his characters faster and straighter than almost any writer you could think of. THE SCOTSMAN A brief immersion into an entertainingly dark interpretation of the American dream, sketched out in dialogue that's cooler than a drug-dealer's bath. -- Cecily Gayford THE LADY How wonderful it would be to discover Elmore Leonard for the first time. I mean, discover him now, in 2012, when there's a massive backlog of previous novels, 45 in all, just waiting for you to crack one open. Like a can of your favorite beer, you know each one will be a separate unit of enjoyment that won't disappoint. WASHINGTON POST
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The revered New York Times bestselling author, recognized as “America’s greatest crime writer” (Newsweek), brings back U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, the mesmerizing hero of Pronto, Riding the Rap, and the hit FX series Justified.
With the closing of the Harlan County, Kentucky, coal mines, marijuana has become the biggest cash crop in the state. A hundred pounds of it can gross $300,000, but that’s chump change compared to the quarter million a human body can get you—especially when it’s sold off piece by piece.
So when Dickie and Coover Crowe, dope-dealing brothers known for sampling their own supply, decide to branch out into the body business, it’s up to U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens to stop them. But Raylan isn’t your average marshal; he’s the laconic, Stetson-wearing, fast-drawing lawman who juggles dozens of cases at a time and always shoots to kill. But by the time Raylan finds out who’s making the cuts, he’s lying naked in a bathtub, with Layla, the cool transplant nurse, about to go for his kidneys.
The bad guys are mostly gals this time around: Layla, the nurse who collects kidneys and sells them for ten grand a piece; Carol Conlan, a hard-charging coal-mine executive not above ordering a cohort to shoot point-blank a man who’s standing in her way; and Jackie Nevada, a beautiful sometime college student who can outplay anyone at the poker table and who suddenly finds herself being tracked by a handsome U.S. marshal.
Dark and droll, Raylan is pure Elmore Leonard—a page-turner filled with the sparkling dialogue and sly suspense that are the hallmarks of this modern master.
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Raylan Givens appeared in the short story, Fire in the Hole, and as a secondary character in two novels, Pronto and Riding the Rap, but Raylan is the first novel in which the Marshal plays a lead role. Of course, the character might be best known as the main character in the excellent TV series, Justified, created by Graham Yost (Speed).Justified is actually based on Fire in the Hole, which is also the title of the pilot episode. The set up is simple: Raylan Givens is a U.S. Marshal, reassigned to the local office of his hometown of Harlan, Kentucky, after a questionable shooting in Miami. In Harlan, he is forced to reconnect with childhood friends, many of whom have turned to a life of crime. According to Leonard, it was Timothy Olyphant, star of Justified, who suggested the author might want to consider writing further short stories featuring Raylan Givens. Leonard took the actor's advice, producing Raylan, not so much a collection of short stories or a self-contained novel, as a trio of Justified episodes in prose form. Fans of the show will recognize many characters, including Boyd Crowder (played in the series by the fantastic Walton Goggins), Ava Crowder (Joelle Carter), and the Crowe clan. Those who've never seen the show need not worry, though some of the events portrayed on the show are referenced, no backstory is needed to enjoy the novel. And, of course, all of the Leonard hallmarks are present: spot-on dialogue, spare description, and sly, subtle humor. Elmore Leonard says he simply leaves out the boring parts when writing, and anyone who's read a single page of his work knows he's not kidding. Plot-wise, as mentioned, the book follows three loosely-connected storylines. In the first, Raylan hunts down a couple of low-lifes who've evidently graduated from dealing pot to selling body parts. In the second, a new mountaintop relocation project leads to the destruction of a home and murder. Finally, Raylan comes to the aid of a young poker prodigy--an attractive university grad who may want Raylan's company more than she needs his help. If I really need to convince you to read the latest Elmore Leonard, then we don't have much more to talk about. If you're already convinced but haven't yet checked out Justified: do yourself a huge favor and watch it; no movie or TV show has better captured the Elmore Leonard tone than Graham Yost's brainchild.
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After watching the Justified series on Blu-ray, the characters just come alive in this book. It is neat seeing how the producers used parts of the book to build their own plots for season 2. Mr. Leonard is a literary genius and I would love to shake his hand.
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Fans of Elmore Leonard will be familiar with Raylan Givens, the US Marshall who was featured in Leonard's previous books Pronto and Riding the Rap. At eighty six years old, Elmore Leonard shows no signs of slowing down. He's just released his latest book - Raylan. Raylan is also the star of the hit television series Justified. (I'm hooked on the show and Timothy Olyphant)Harlan County, Kentucky is hurting from the closure of coal mines. Entreprenurial folk have now made marijanua the county's number one cash crop. Raylan is familiar with most of the players, having grown up in Harlan County. But two enterprising souls have discovered yet another lucrative sideline - body parts, mostly kidneys. How to stop this dogged US Marshall that's hot on their trail? Well, he does have two perfectly good kidneys...And that's just one of the three storylines Leonard has penned for Raylan. Although they were loosely connected, each felt like a separate novella. Now, Raylan released after the mid season break of Season Two of Justified. I found some of story lines and characters from television repeated in the book, albeit with a few changes. Or did the television series borrow heavily from the book? So, part of the storyline was not new, but parts of it were. No matter, fans will still be captured. The audio version of Raylan features Brian D'Arcy James as the reader. As a fan of Justified, I have come to associated certain actors and voices with the characters. I was concerned that I wouldn't identify with new voices. But that concern was unfounded. James employed a great accent for each of the characters, almost matching those I knew. His tones and inflections immediately brought Harlan County to life. Leonard's strength is in his dialogue and James did it justice. Raylan is a walk tall, talk soft, draw your gun and use it kind of lawman. Fans of Jack Reacher and Joe Pike would enjoy the character of Raylan Givens. A gritty, down and dirty tale filled with Leonard's trademark whip smart dialogue.
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