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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Plot-wise this, the third of Robert B Parker's books about Western 'town tamers' Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, is the most ambitious thus far. While the first two - Appaloosa and Resolution - were both very traditional westerns, albeit lifted by Parker's superb prose, Brimstone has something of the lean depth of Parker's crime works, notably the Jesse Stone 'Paradise' series. When Virgil Cole interviews a traumatised child - showing tremendous compassion - it is almost like Jesse Stone himself was in the room. This could be construed as a weakness - that the great man could really only do one character - but I don't think it is. Cole is a great creation. The mis-used words and the taciturn humour go to a nobility of spirit and empathy. Other writers don't achieve such depth in their characters despite going on for pages and pages more.
I also liked Allie French - Cole's utterly faithless partner. Parker wrote a lot about sexually incontinent people, but - again - gets beyond the cliche to show Allie's humanity.
In short, an intensely readable yarn stuffed with characters you want to spend time with.
I also liked Allie French - Cole's utterly faithless partner. Parker wrote a lot about sexually incontinent people, but - again - gets beyond the cliche to show Allie's humanity.
In short, an intensely readable yarn stuffed with characters you want to spend time with.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
First let me say I am a fan of Mr. Parker's "Jesse Stone" Series. I tried Appaloosa when It came out as I love a good western. However, I found "Appaloosa" to be a middle of the road read at best. It just did not come off as authentic to me. I like my westerns to a bit more true to the real old west (or at least the old west as I imagine it) ala "Lonesome Dove
I started "Brimstone" with some trepidation but found this reincarnation of Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch much more engaging then "Appaloosa." The story starts off a year after the Marshal and his deputy had put things straight in the frontier town of Resolution. Virgil can't get his mind off of Allie French. Though she has run off with another man, Ms. French has Virgil's heart and he has to find her. Cole and his deputy Everett Hitch make their way across Texas only to discover a crushed Allie working in a frontier brothel. The three of them head north to the town of Brimstone and attempt to start a new life, But things are not the same between Virgil and Allie. But Allie attempts to make her self anew through the local church that is headed by Brother Percival a fire and brimstone preacher who is not as Christian as he outward appearance. Percival rallies against the local Saloons in an attempt to shut them down but he has more on his mind. Of course, Virgil and Everett end up being hired on as the local peace officers and are forced to act when then preacher raises a ruckus and things escalate into murder.
I really thought this book was an improvement over "Appaloosa," there was more going on here. The tension between Virgil and Allie really added a lot to the typical western story line. And I like how Allie was portrayed not just as a fallen angel but as a survivor, even though she had a lot to work out herself. I am looking forward to the movie!
For a very cool modern day western check out Across the High LonesomeI picked it up after seeing it praised by Larry McMurtry and he was right!
I started "Brimstone" with some trepidation but found this reincarnation of Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch much more engaging then "Appaloosa." The story starts off a year after the Marshal and his deputy had put things straight in the frontier town of Resolution. Virgil can't get his mind off of Allie French. Though she has run off with another man, Ms. French has Virgil's heart and he has to find her. Cole and his deputy Everett Hitch make their way across Texas only to discover a crushed Allie working in a frontier brothel. The three of them head north to the town of Brimstone and attempt to start a new life, But things are not the same between Virgil and Allie. But Allie attempts to make her self anew through the local church that is headed by Brother Percival a fire and brimstone preacher who is not as Christian as he outward appearance. Percival rallies against the local Saloons in an attempt to shut them down but he has more on his mind. Of course, Virgil and Everett end up being hired on as the local peace officers and are forced to act when then preacher raises a ruckus and things escalate into murder.
I really thought this book was an improvement over "Appaloosa," there was more going on here. The tension between Virgil and Allie really added a lot to the typical western story line. And I like how Allie was portrayed not just as a fallen angel but as a survivor, even though she had a lot to work out herself. I am looking forward to the movie!
For a very cool modern day western check out Across the High LonesomeI picked it up after seeing it praised by Larry McMurtry and he was right!
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Robert Parker has written a trilogy of Western books cocerning two very hard men on the right side of the law. These are "Appaloosa", "Brimstone" and "Resolution". His characters are much like Spenser and Hawk in his more modern books, but in the wild west, and are extremely enjoyable escapist books where the good guys win, but sometimes at a cost. They need reading in chronological order so the the storyline flows, but well worth the effort, A Dawson
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