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  • 9780297857365
  • 16 februari 2012
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Elmore Leonard

Detroit native Gregg Sutter first met Elmore Leonard in 1979 and began working for him in 1981. He is currently at work on a biography of Leonard, from his unique perspective as his full-time researcher for more than thirty years. He is the editor of The Library of America’s three-volume edition of Leonard’s novels.

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A trio of short stories featuring legendary lawman Carl Webster - star of THE HOT KID.

1940s' Oklahoma. Germans in a stateside POW camp have murdered one of their own and US Marshal Carl Webster, back from a tour of duty in the Pacific, is called in to investigate. Among others, he comes across a Jewish gangster bent on revenge for the Holocaust; a rodeo bull rider turned lawman; and a former Nazi guard who is a persistent runaway.

Befriending the escapee, Carl becomes embroiled in a tale of gangsters' molls, enemy lines, espionage, double-crossing and a lovers' wartime promise that could to more trouble than he ever imagined...

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  • 'Most times when you're late, you're dead'

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    Great sequel to `The Hot Kid' (2005) about Deputy US Marshall Carl(os) Webster. Aged 15, he warned twice, then shot and killed a man stealing his cows from 400 yards. A writer from `True Detective' wrote a book about Carl's later exploits in law enforcement that sold well in Oklahoma, Ohio and Arkansas, but not far beyond. This follow-up contains 2 nice short stories and a great novella about young Carl when he is older.

    This review is about the novella, situated late during WW II, when Carl returns to Oklahoma from the Pacific with a Purple Heart and other medals. His wife Louly is still a US Marine gunnery instructor, but wonders after their short, passionate reunion if being shot and hit by 2 Japanese jungle survivors has somehow mellowed Carl, softened his focus. So does Carl’s new partner Gary, a dumb ex-bull rider, pining for a write-up about himself. And they are not alone. More people will try to test Carl's reflexes...

    The US Carl returns to is dotted with hundreds of POW-camps holding some 350.000 Germans, many still in uniform. Carl investigates an `assisted' suicide and focuses on ex-tank driver Jurgen, once a citizen of Detroit, now a serial run-away (but always returning), indifferent to Nazi-ideology and his hard-core camp committee, hoping he will help him arrest the real killers. Then the plot thickens. A Jewish gangster furious about the fate of Jews in his parents' homeland Poland, starts a private campaign against Nazis basking in cozy camp conditions.

    Central to most or all of Elmore Leonard's novels and film scripts is the showdown, the final confrontation. Staring a man down, wearing your hat just the right way, getting an edge by what you say and how, always staying one step ahead, or else, `most times when you`re late, you're dead'.
    Great read about alpha-male interaction and a neglected piece of modern US history.

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