Appaloosa
By Robert B. Parker
Genre: Western
Publication Date: 2005
Number of Pages: 276
Series: Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, 1
Summary
Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch travel from town to towns that are in need of help. Appaloosa is one of those towns. A man named Bragg and his men have taken over the town. When the marshal goes to arrested some of Bragg’s men he and a deputy are killed. Cole and Hitch have now been hired to save the town from Bragg. With new laws in town can Cole and Hitch bring Bragg and his men down?
Subject Headings:
Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction.
Ranchers -- Fiction.
Peace officers -- Fiction.
Outlaws -- Fiction.
Three terms that describe this book:
Gritty
Death is certain in this western. It is during a time when trials were simple and people delivered justice on their own.
Fast-paced
Robert B. Parker writes in short chapters. Events and characters keep moving so that readers want to keep turning the pages to find out what happens.
Atmospheric
Details are simple and matter of fact.
Read-A-likes
The Last Kind Words Saloon by Larry McMurtry
The Thicket by Joe R. Lansdale
Go and Bury Your Dead by Bill Brooks
I like that you included the comment about short chapters, many patrons LOVE that! Nice concise summary and great appeals. Full points!
ReplyDeleteI like that you point out that the deaths in the book go with the genre. Not many people think that such aspects can be connected to a certain genre but with westerns I would always expect at least a little.
ReplyDeleteIt was like death was expected in the town. They didn't think twice about killing someone.
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