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Resolution (Hardcover)

by Robert B. Parker (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 292 pages
  • Publisher: Putnam Adult (1 Jun 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 039915504X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0399155048
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 432,195 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Civil Killers Amid Battles for Control, 18 Jun 2008
By Professor Donald Mitchell "Jesus Makes Me a P... (Boston) - See all my reviews
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Resolution is the second in what appears to be the start of a series of western novels featuring gunmen and sometime lawmen, Everett Hitch and his friend Virgil Cole. The first book is Appaloosa which you should read before Resolution. In Appaloosa you will learn a lot about these two characters that will make Resolution much more interesting and enjoyable.

The roles in Appaloosa are somewhat reversed here: Everett Hitch arrives in Resolution before Virgil Cole does, and Virgil decides to hang around to help his friend. This is another new town, but one without any law. The local mine owner, Eamon O'Malley, and Amos Wolfson, local saloonkeeper and businessman, are on a collision course to see who can take over the other's activities. Naturally, Wolfson needs someone to keep order in the saloon, and Everett finds that to be easy work after he kills a local trouble maker.

Matters become complicated by the interests of ranchers who want to raise their families in the area and make a little money, something they can't do with Wolfson squeezing them. Everett and Virgil have a soft heart for the ladies who rent by the hour and the families of the ranchers. Although Wolfson thinks he owns Everett and Virgil, they don't think of themselves as slaves and set out to do what seems right.

This story explores many interesting themes about what law and order are based on, what civic and personal responsibilities are, the roles of men and women, and what it means to work for someone else. For those who like action, there's enough of that to satisfy without overwhelming the literary bent of the writing.

All in all, if you want a thinking person's western, you will have a hard time finding a more satisfying one. Although the writing is clearly defined by the genre, Parker's plot and dialog allow Resolution to provide fresh angles for old themes. It's fun see how Mr. Parker does it.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars 3.5 Stars - The Old West has a new fan., 9 July 2009
By L. J. Roberts (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Resolution (Paperback)
First Sentence: I was in the Blackfoot Saloon in a town called Resolution, talking with the man who owned the saloon about a job.

The town of Resolution is just taking root and has many things, but no law. Everett Hitch is hired by Amos Wolfson to keep the peace in his saloon. Hitch is soon joined by his friend Everett Cole, a renown fast gun.

It isn't long before the trouble starts. Eamon O'Malley decides to compete with Wolfson and brings in guns of his own. Everyone tries to hire Everett and Cole away, including the settlers trying to protect losing their land to the company store.

I'm not much of a Western fan, but I am a fan of Parker. All those elements at which he excels are in evidence, regardless of the time period.

Parker plays on the eternal themes of justice, honor, loyalty and friendship. He is an expert at crisp, tight dialogue and fast-paced stories with very good suspense and violence that is never gratuitous. He creates strong characters in both his men and women, and makes them come to life.

I am never bored with a Parker book and never tire of reading him. The Old West has a new fan.

RESOLTUION (Amer. West-Everett and Cole, 1800s) - G+
Parker, Robert B - 2nd in series
Berkeley, 2009, US Paperback - ISBN: 9780425227992
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