Pronto

Pronto by Elmore Leonard, 386 pages.

The late Elmore Leonard is, or I guess, was one of my favorite crime writers. There's not a book of his that stands out to me as the best of all time or anything, but they are all very well crafted, with satisfying plots, and complicated characters who face unexpected situations. None of Leonard's characters have single motivating characteristics; they are all dealing with complex situations from viewpoints that are theirs alone, and everything that happens is colored by their perceptions and mis-perceptions.
Pronto is the first book that Leonard wrote featuring the now famous character of Raylan Givens. Raylan in the book is similar to the character of the same name in the FX series, Justified, but there are some differences. The gunfight that launches the TV series is here, but it's different. Raylan Givens in the book is older, not quite as charismatic, and comes across as not quite as clever. A good read for fans of Leonard, the TV series, or crime fiction in general.
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