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Rawhide Down The Near Assassination of Ronald Reagan
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Del Quentin Wilber
Ken Everett
, October 28, 2011
Absolutely riveting -- I can't think of a better word to describe this book. I almost never give 5 stars in a book review, but here it is. I seriously didn't want to stop reading it. It reads like a gripping novel -- of course, everyone knows how it turns out, but it doesn't stop you from feeling the suspense of it all. Amazing details of the events on and surrounding the day of the shooting -- the author really did his homework. He also did a great job of (presumably) editing out any NON-interesting details. This is both an informative book and a very entertaining one. The action is very engaging as we learn what was going on in the hospital room with Reagan's doctor's and nurses, what was going on in the White House (for example, what lead to A. Haig telling the world that HE was in charge), what was happening with the shooter, and what was going on with the Secret Service and the FBI. The author is extremely good at making all the people involved seem like real people that we get to know instead of just stale characters in history. He is also excellent at describing the scene to the point that the reader can feel they are there. Reading this book is like watching a movie--only better. Though the book starts a bit slow as it leads the reader up to the shooting, the author then kicks into high gear and keeps the reader reading on and on and on until the end. After the mild start, once I moved on into the book, I didn't want to put it down. This is a very well-written book that not only entertains but gives a wonderful view of history. I am impressed. I would recommend it to anyone with an interest in this part of history, whether or not they like Reagan.
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Rain Gods
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James Lee Burke
Ken Everett
, August 25, 2011
Burke wins again with this elegantly written tale of Texas Sheriff Hackberry Holland and his search for the killer of nine Chinese women and girls in a sparsely populated Southwest Texas County. We first met Hackberry as a young lawyer in an early Burke work, LAY DOWN MY SWORD AND SHIELD. Hack, a Korean War veteran, and his able Chief Deputy, Pam Tibbs, must fend off agents from a couple of three-letter federal agencies as they seek a solution to the slaughter while attempting to protect a young, alcholic Irag veteran who witnessed the machine-gunning of the victims. Chock full of displaced New Orleans mob bosses, a hired serial killer, a lonely and talented songstress, and a hapless bar owner bent on protecting his family at all costs, Burke delivers a rip-roaring tale for those who only "surface" read, or those who delve the deeper issues and significances to be found in all his novels. One often overlooked facet of Burke's work is his creation of strong, brave and talented women. RAIN GODS introduces us to three such women in this work - three women of very different lifestyles and talents - who demonstrate that courage, beauty and love is proven in diverse ways. A beautifully written work constructed with Burke's usual haunting, involved narrative. This book easily crosses the line from "popular fiction" into true literature. The way Burke can paint beautiful pictures with words, capture the essence of a setting, the characters' emotions... it's simply amazing. Small town America is Burke's canvas, human strengths and weaknesses his palette, and again he's brought us a completely enthralling story peopled with complex and fully realized characters whose lives collide as they pursue their own individual agendas. Hack Holland is the small town Texas sheriff whose indelible experience as an American POW of the Koreans almost sixty years ago still informs every facet of his life. Preacher Jack Collins is the sociopathic killer driven by his own dark obsessions and twisted motives. Nick Dolan is the small time hustler made good, striving for a life of normalcy and trying to get away from the life that helped him rise from poverty to live a piece of the American dream with a wife and small kids. Vikki Gaddis is the young woman who can sing like an angel, but can't find the inner strength to pursue her dream. Her boyfriend Pete Flores is the young war vet, home after being seriously wounded and recovering, who stumbles into the middle of a criminal enterprise and unwittingly triggers all the events that follow. These people, and many more, are the fascinating and engaging actors in a story of redemption and innocence played out against the sweeping vistas of the Texas border country. Burke has become the American Dostoyevsky, but with even greater skill at ensnaring the reader into the lives of his protagonists and antagonists, and with none of the ponderousness of the Russian original. This book is exciting, captivating, thoroughly entertaining, and beautifully written.
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