Raylan: A Novel by Elmore Leonard | LibraryThing

Raylan: A Novel by Elmore Leonard | LibraryThing:

Fans of the TV Series “Justified” (I am) will recognize  all of the plots in this  set of short stories tied together only by Raylan’s presence: the nurse selling kidneys, the coal mining VP trying to get contracts signed, etc.  (He barely figures in the story about the poker-playing girl.) I regret Leonard won’t be able to write any more, but regretfully this is not one of his better works.  Ironically, the TV series holds together better as a novel, especially in its portrayal of the coal-mining areas of Kentucky. This book might have been marketed as a series of short stories.

I don’t know, but have a suspicion that this book was written after, or perhaps simultaneously, with the scripts for the TV series 2nd season as a way to capitalize on the fame of the TV series. No matter, it’s a wonderful modern-day western replete with bad guys and quick-draws.  In real life, Raylan would have drowned in paperwork writing up his extravagant use of bullets.



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