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| Title | : | Raylan (Raylan Givens #3) |
| Author | : | Elmore Leonard |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 263 pages |
| Published | : | January 17th 2012 by William Morrow |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Mystery. Crime. Thriller |
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Hardcover | Pages: 263 pages Rating: 3.68 | 9188 Users | 1192 Reviews
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US Marshal Raylan Givens investigates a kidney stealing ring, acts as a bodyguard to a beautiful coal mining executive, and tracks down a missing college girl named Jackie Nevada who is a poker player and possibly a bank robber.Bad Pun Alert: I've only seen the first season of the show starring Timothy Olyphant but I felt reading this book was Justified since I was already aware of Raylan from having read Pronto years ago.
Raylan purports to be a novel but it feels more like three linked novellas. The three cases aren't directly connected but do reference each other and feature some of the same characters. As near as I can tell, only a few characters from Justified are prominently featured: Boyd Crowder, Dewey Crowe, and Art. Ava and Winona have cameo appearances but don't do a whole lot.
Of the three cases, I'd say the first was my favorite. Kidneys being stolen seemed kind of hokey until I got into the story and Raylan did his thing. Layla was a pretty interesting foil to our lawman. The second case, Raylan acting as a bodyguard to Carol Conlan, was pretty good but did more to flesh out Harlan than it did anything else. Boyd Crowder was good in it, of course. The third case was almost as good as the first and it did manage to tie together a couple plot threads from the other two. Funny how everyone but Delroy Lewis knew how that was going to turn out.
From what I've read, Elmore Leonard gave an ARC of Raylan to the writers of Justified and told them to mine it for parts. If they use the parts I think they will, the next couple seasons of Justified are going to be pretty spectacular.
So, how do I justify giving this a four? It felt a little stiff in places compared to the earlier Elmore Leonards I've recently read, Swag and 52 Pickup. It's also a little short at less than 270 pages. I also caught a couple editing mistakes, like maybe this was rushed out to coincide with the third season of Justified. All in all, I've got no big complaints. Raylan should appeal to fans of Justified and Elmore Leonard alike.
Post-Justified Season 2 Edit: While nursing a hangover, I managed to watch the bulk of Justified Season 2. The Carol Conlan case clearly was the source for a lot of the Black Pike storyline in season two. Lots of lines of dialogue and some characters were borrowed from the other stories.
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| ISBN: | 006211946X (ISBN13: 9780062119469) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Raylan Givens #3 |
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Ratings: 3.68 From 9188 Users | 1192 ReviewsEvaluation Of Books Raylan (Raylan Givens #3)
I am a big fan of the regretfully finished series Justified and this is just one of the wonderful Elmore Leonard stories in this collection.I liked the book quite a bit. However, I'd already seen seasons 2 and 3 of Justified, so I'd already seen one incarnation of many of the actions that took place in the book. The book was written first, and the writers on the show cannibalized portions of it for the show, with some changes. I probably would have enjoyed the book more if I hadn't seen these scenes played out already. I will also say that the cast of Justified did an excellent job of bringing these pieces to life.
I've long been a huge fan of the books of Elmore Leonard, and I've also really enjoyed the television series, "Justified," which is based on Leonard's excellent short story, "Fire in the Hole." Given that, I was really anxious to finally have the chance to pull Raylan off my giant stack of Books-to-Read and have at it. I'm sorry to say, though, that the book did not live up to my (perhaps exaggerated) expectations of it.Reading the book, it felt to me like Leonard might have decided to sit down
I always felt, you dont have a good time doin crime, you may as well find a job. Elmore Leonard, Raylan I'm just going to review this really quick. Raylan is built on three main stories/episodes that are all loosely tied together. It wasn't the best Elmore Leonard out there, and in some ways this novel seems destined to suffer from the success of the Raylan Givens franchise (see F/X series). The novel almost seemed written with the guarantee of options that the book would get used in the
This novel is three loosely connected vignettes, all tasked to U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens over the course of several days. First he is assigned to investigate a kidney theft, then to bodyguard a mining company's public relations woman, and finally to hunt down a female poker-playing college student suspected to be part of a gang of female bank robbers.There is a lot of interweaving between the characters in the differing vignettes. While most is seamless, as a tight-knit community of hillfolk
If you've seen "Justified" this review contains minimal spoilers. If you have not, there are substantially more of them. Either way, here there be spoilers:Whether you first discovered Raylan Givens through FX's Justified or have known him since Leonard first published "Fire in the Hole," you are no doubt hoping for an all-new adventure from the man who first introduced the world to the US Marshal from Harlan, Kentucky. If you are watcher of "Justified," you will be sorely disappointed. Raylan
Raylan Givens, US Marshal, looks up a weed dealer in a hotel room only to find him sat in a tub with ice and his kidneys missing. From there a twisting trail of murder, blackmail, land dispute, and cards unfolds taking in everyone from an elderly drug baron operating out of a food stamps store to a disgruntled nurse who decides to strike out on her own, to a band of bank robbing gals, and a poker playing girl called Jackie Nevada with her ace in the hole. Elmore Leonard's back and he's packing
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