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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780380822249
ISBN: 0380822245
Label: HarperTorch
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishUnknownEnglishPublished
Manufacturer: HarperTorch
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: March 01, 2002
Publisher: HarperTorch
Release Date: March 05, 2002
Studio: HarperTorch
Features:- ISBN13: 9780380822249
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Editorial Review:John Russell has been raised as an Apache. Now he's on his way to live as a white man. But when the stagecoach passengers learn who he is, they want nothing to do with him -- until outlaws ride down on them and they must rely on Russell's guns and his ability to lead them out of the desert. He can't ride with them, but they must walk with him or die.
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HOMBRE is an excellent read until the very end. The end is a WTF!!! moment. I conclude that Leonard wanted an ending with an O'Henry twist, and picked the worst possible twist to use for the job. Its definitely incongruent with the John Russell character. What was Leonard thinking? He wasnt.
The rest of the book is excellent.
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Been a long time since I've read Leonard's stuff. Having fondly remembered Get Shorty, Maximum Bob and Rum Punch, I thought I'd download a few of his books to my new Kindle. Hombre had potential, but it went largely unexploited and the ending was extremely weak. I would have rated it one-star, but I'm now halfway through Leonard's Glitz and I think I might need to reserve one-star status for that one. Yaaaaawn!
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Anyone curious about Elmore Leonard or the Western genre must read this book. Almost every page has a certain tension about it; you will be drawn to the next page and the next... There are no lenghty backstories about the characters but I guarantee you will know their essence. The writing is what I like to call "sparse"; no wasted words, no unnecessary motion. It reminds me of Cormac McCarthy's "The Road".
Best cliche to describe the book: gritty.
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If you haven't seen the 1966 movie take on Elmore 'Dutch' Leonard's book, HOMBRE then track it down and watch it. It is a western classic or perhaps a unique western, starring the late Paul Newman in a very good version of the book.
Saying that, read the book first because Leonard offers up a great story that is anything but a typical cowboy western. The premise is that raised among the Apaches John Russell has to readjust to 'civilized' life and finds out early on just uncivilized it can ... Read More
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If Elmore Leonard had kept writing Westerns he would still be famous--he just wouldn't have sold as many books. His Westerns really do read like Hemingway if the latter had ventured into the field (although FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS was called the greatest Western ever written by one critic), and you could argue that during that era Leonard was writing better than Hem anyway--the books just took place in the American West. HOMBRE may be the best of the lot, but like the rest of his novels, it is terse, ... Read More
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