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The ambitions and desires of three men collide in this felicitous blend of Western and crime novel set in the 1930s. Carlos "Carl" Webster, an up-and-coming US marshal and crack shot, pursues Jack Belmont, an oilman's bad-seed son who aspires to become America's most notorious gangster; meanwhile, reporter Tony Antonelli writes up their exploits for True Detective Mystery magazine.
| Size | | Length: | 312 pages | | Height: | 9.3 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 20.0 oz |
Industry Reviews
"Leonard's gentle epic is as restorative as a month in the country."
Kirkus (02/15/2005)
"Leonard's 40th novel...features characterizations so deft and true you can smell the hair oil on the dudes and the perfume on the dames....[I]t's all pure Leonard, and that means it's pure terrific." (starred review)
Publishers Weekly (03/28/2005)
"Whatever the author wants THE HOT KID to mean, its hottest kid turns out to be the one doing the writing."
New York Times - Janet Maslin (05/02/2005)
"As always, Leonard's prose seems effortless, his dialogue is perfect, and his humor is as dry as a moonshine martini....[A] terrific pleasure."
Booklist - Keir Graff (03/15/2005)
"Relentlessly stripped-down dialogue, laconic, fast and funny....Leonard has produced an affectionate, unsentimental history of bad times past. Racy, well-remembered, irresistible."
Literary Review - Philip Oakes (09/01/2005)
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