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Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 326 pages Rating: 3.8 | 5514 Users | 393 Reviews
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| ISBN: | 0060082186 (ISBN13: 9780060082185) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Raylan Givens #2 |
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Before U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens began electrifying TV viewers across America (in the hit series Justified), he “starred” in Elmore Leonard’s Riding the Rap—an explosive, twisty tale of a brazen Florida kidnap caper gone outrageously wrong. Chock full of wildly eccentric and deliciously criminal characters—including a psycho enforcer with a green thumb, a Bahamian bad man, and the beautiful, unabashedly greedy psychic Reverend Dawn—Riding the Rap dazzles with Leonard’s trademark ingenious plot turns and razor-keen dialogue. Gripping, surprising, and unforgettable, it is a crime fiction gem that any thriller writer—from past masters John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, and James M. Cain to the bestselling mystery auteurs of today—would be thrilled to call his own.Particularize Appertaining To Books Riding the Rap (Raylan Givens #2)
| Title | : | Riding the Rap (Raylan Givens #2) |
| Author | : | Elmore Leonard |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 326 pages |
| Published | : | June 4th 2002 by HarperTorch (first published 1995) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Mystery. Crime. Thriller. Novels. Suspense. Noir |
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Ratings: 3.8 From 5514 Users | 393 ReviewsCritique Appertaining To Books Riding the Rap (Raylan Givens #2)
In my eyes Raylan can do no wrong, so I really liked this Raylan/Harry Arno adventure. But oddly, the Raylan stories I've read so far fall short of the series. One remarkable thing about Leonard is the way he combines humor and lightnesss with dark scary evil. This is strongly evident here. Leonard also neatly ties up the Raylan/Harry/Joyce love triangle.Edited to add: I just watched season 1, episode 3 of justified which is based on this story. I have to say that this time the tv series did notThis second Raylan Givens novel is not quite as good as the first, but crime novel fans and Justified fans will find enough excitement--and enough Raylan--to satisfy them both.Harry Arno and Joyce are back again, only this time Harry's not on the lam, but instead is kidnapped by a thug, a semi-thug and a hustler. As usual, Leonard is very good at revealing bit by bit precisely how vicious the bad guys are, allowing the reader to play the game Whose the Worst Psychopath? all the way to the end of
I read this book in one sitting late last night and it was no fast read that was only fast paced and no depth. It took me 5-6 hours to read because i wanted to enjoy everyone nuance, character, dialogue.I read recently the first book Pronto in this Harry Arno/Raylan Givens series and this book improved on the faults,weakness of that book. It had better mix of fun,quirky story and hardboiled,darker story. The first book was too much quirky and too little hardboiled for my taste with a hero like
Side note: alternating Elmore Leonard and Georgette Heyer is more than a little unnerving. I don't think I recommend it.Okay, so, the second book featuring Raylan Givens is interesting, because Givens himself doesn't change much as a character. He does a lot of stuff, and a lot of stuff happens around him, but other than some relationship stuff, he's pretty much the same guy at the beginning and end of the book. (He still gets to say a lot of awesome dialogue and threaten people with violence,
This is I think my second read of this book. I decided to read or re-read all of the Raylan Givens material again after catching up with this season's "Justified". Leonard is in his element here, his characters flaky and fun, his dialog crackling and his plot, well, good enough anyway. This is a very enjoyable book with a trio of villains who, as always, completely outshine the hero. My favorite of the Raylan Givens stories is still "Fire in the Hole" but this is well worth reading.I have read
Raylan Givens in a U.S. Marshall in Florida. He has a strong moral code and is true to his friends.Harry Arno is a retired gambler who uses paid collectors when it comes to collecting on an overdue debt. He has recently had a DWI so uses his ex-girlfriend, Janet, as a chauffeur. She and Raylan have been dating for a long time and become used to each other.One of the people owing Harry money is Chip Ganz and when Harry has Bobby Deo try to collect the money, Chip changes the tables and offers
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