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Resolution
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780399155048
ISBN: 039915504X
Label: Putnam Adult
Manufacturer: Putnam Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: June 03, 2008
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Studio: Putnam Adult
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Editorial Review:
The New York Timesbestselling authors richly imagined work of historical fiction: a powerful tale of the Old West from the acknowledged master of crime fiction. I had an eight-gauge shotgun that Id taken with me when I left Wells Fargo. It didnt take too long for things to develop. I sat in the tall lookout chair in the back of the saloon with the shotgun in my lap for two peaceful nights. On my third night it was different. I could almost smell trouble beginning to cook . . . . After the bloody confrontation in Appaloosa, Everett Hitch heads into the afternoon sun and ends up in Resolution, an Old West town so new the dust has yet to settle. Its the kind of town that doesnt have much in the way of commerce, except for a handful of saloons and some houses of ill repute. Hitch takes a job as lookout at Amos Wolfsons Blackfoot Saloon and quickly establishes his position as protector of the ladies who work the backroomsas well as a man unafraid to stand up to the enforcer sent down from the OMalley copper mine. Though Hitch makes short work of hired gun Koy Wickman, tensions continue to mount, so that even the self-assured Hitch is relieved by the arrival in town of his friend Virgil Cole. When greedy mine owner Eamon OMalley threatens the loose coalition of local ranchers and starts buying up Resolutions few businesses, Hitch and Cole find themselves in the middle of a makeshift war between OMalleys men and the ranchers. In a place where law and order dont exist, Hitch and Cole must make their own, guided by their sense of duty, honor, and friendship.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Another Fine Western
This is another fine Western - a sequel to Appaloosa. This book is also based upon the typical Western story. A unscrupulous man wants to take over a town. This time Hitch is hired by him as his bar bodyguard. And, then Cole comes around to help Hitch. There is no law in town, so these two and two other gun fighters become the law. But, the man who wants to take over the town hires others who do have the morals. The killing starts, Hitch and Cole come to a recognition that they are working ... Read More
Rating:  - Not up to his usual standards
I bought this to read for a day of traveling and, sadly, did not bring a backup book. I have always found Parker's novels funny and diverting and have read almost all of them. In this case the tale was so boring I developed the hypothesis that some other Robert Parker had written it and the author's middle initial which I didn't recall seeing before should have been the tipoff. Alas, the creator of Stone and Spencer does, indeed, appear to be the one with middle initial B. Everyone has a bad ... Read More
Rating: - sub-par.
Disappointing, dry, terse, sardonic, laconic. Boring. Is this what male bonding is about? Maybe Appaloosa was better, but I'll stick with the Spenser and other tales he tells.
Rating:  - How would you cast the movie?
I enjoyed reading this book and savored a few turns of phrase, but was surprised by the lack of originality in an author I have rarely read but often heard praised.
As I was reading, I kept casting the movie. The novel reads like a screenplay; short chapter, then fade to the next scene (oops, chapter). I periodically felt like I was developing cliche overload. Laconic gunslingers, mercenary and heartless bar owner, mercenary and heartless mine owner, staunch and colorful sawmill owner, ... Read More
Rating: - Resolution
I have only read about 1/3 of this book and it is sort of dull.
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