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The Hot Kid (Carl Webster, Bk 1)
The Hot Kid - Carl Webster, Bk 1
Author: Elmore Leonard
Carl Webster, the hot kid of the marshals service, is polite, respects his elders, and can shoot a man driving away in an Essex at four hundred yards. Carl works out of the Tulsa, Oklahoma, federal courthouse during the 1930s, the period of America's most notorious bank robbers: Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson -- those guys. — Carl wants to be Am...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060724221
ISBN-10: 0060724226
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 320
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3.8 stars, based on 20 ratings
Publisher: William Morrow
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Good story
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Typical Leonard but somehow better than ever.
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I give this book 3 stars and it is just a good, fast read.
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Western pulp at its finest. Great colorful writing, fun characters, nonstop action. Classic Elmore Leonard.
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Quick read, lots of good characters. Another classic by the "Get Shorty" author.
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 reviewed The Hot Kid (Carl Webster, Bk 1) on + 10 more book reviews
Elmore Leonard at his best
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I chose this for this month's "Hot" theme in my online book club, The Reading Cove. It didn't take long for me to realize that I'm definitely not the target audience for this book. I couldn't get into it. The writing style felt disjointed and awkward, so the characters and scenes never engaged me. I couldn't get beyond the first 50 pages. Yawn. It just wasn't my cuppa.
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I like Elmore Leonard and this was as good as he usually does. I would tell people to read it.
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I've read a great deal of Elmore Leonard over the years and I'm a fan of his writing. I enjoyed THE HOT KID as it is set during an era when characters like Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby Face Nelson, Bonnie and Clyde, et al dominated the headlines. Mr. Leonard weaves them and their times into this unique story about a surprisingly young US Marshall, Carl Webster, looking to make a name for himself by bringing the hooligans to justice. If you like your fiction laced with realism I think you will enjoy THE HOT KID very much.


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