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Cargando... Raylan (2012 original; edición 2013)por Elmore Leonard
Información de la obraRaylan por Elmore Leonard (2012)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Meandering through the storylines, seems to be writing to the show, not the other way around ( ) I enjoyed the main character and the setting. I found some parts disjointed and wondered how they fit together. I wasn't amused with the treatment of black characters and instead was repulsed by it. An entertaining book, not a heavy hitter. Sorry but not interested in other works of this author. Just not my thing. Still a good storyteller. This book seems a bit of a mishmash of several stories, all involving a US Marshall named Raylan Givens. Apparently, there is a TV series about this guy. The stories were mildly interesting. Raylan grew up a sho 'nuff hillbilly coal miner in Eastern Kentucky, but left for a better life, so to speak. The first bit involves his dealing with some hill folks who grow and deal in Marijuana, but who have moved on to harvesting kidneys to sell to people. Then we morph into a story about a college senior who has turned into a pro poker player. It's all a bit on the quirky side, but makes for an ok yarn. A hundred years from now, people will still read Dickens, but Leonard will be long forgotten. Not such a terrible fate, it's the fate that follows most of us. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Pertenece a las seriesRaylan Givens (3) Pertenece a las series editorialesStile libero [Einaudi] (Big) PremiosDistinciones
When Federal Marshall Raylan Givens squares off against a known offender, he will warn the man, "If I have to pull my gun I'll shoot to kill." Except this time he finds the offender naked in a bathtub, doped up and missing his kidneys. Raylan knows there's big money in body parts, but by the time he finds out who is making the cuts, he is lying naked in a bathtub himself, Layla, the cool transplant nurse, about to go for his kidneys. It turns out all the bad guys Raylan is after are girls this time: the nurse who collects kidneys and sells them for ten grand apiece. Carol Conlan, the mine company executive who comes to Harlan County to sell mountaintop removal, shoots a miner who wastes her time, then meets the miner's widow in a scene you won't forget. The third girl's only offense is missing a court date. Jackie Nevada plays high-stakes poker for a living and is last seen in the shower with Raylan. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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