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Andrew J. Fenady (1928–2020)

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I wasn't expecting to run into this Christmas Western but decided to give it a try. Having never read this author before, I was prepared to set the novel aside if it turned out to be, well, full of F-bombs and sex scenes, which aren't to my personal tastes. But I found the read to be pretty PG-13 or so, as it doesn't go into superfluous graphic detail about every sordid thing.

There's quite an assortment of characters and different storylines in the book, each with their own relevant enough places. But is it needless to say that Shad's side of it all, along with the children, is what gripped me the most?

I mean, Shad isn't evil, but the hard, dark nature to his character is believable. Not corny, caricatural, or like a cheap costume that a little wind of kindness or affection could blow right off of him. And the young set of siblings he's extremely displeased to meet aren't just pitiable little creatures to make for a simplistic and maudlin "we're such the orphans" tale. It's a shame the children have had to face so much, but their humanity and how they handle difficult situations makes them interesting.

How they deal with Shad makes them interesting. And there came a point when I couldn't put the book down until I finished it.

Now, off the main topic and although this isn't religious fiction: I can't not point out that while a certain character correctly quotes the biblical Ruth as saying "whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge," that character is incorrect in saying Ruth spoke those words to her husband. It was Ruth's mother-in-law, Naomi, that Ruth spoke those words of devotion to.

Anyhow.

I actually read an earlier edition of The Christmas Trespassers, which originally had the title Runaways. A fitting title, that was, especially in light of the story's spot-on ending for Shad.
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NadineC.Keels | Nov 3, 2023 |
Shad Parker is fleeing the bad memories of his wife and children being killed during Sheridan's march through the Shenandoah Valley. He currently has made his home in a plain cabin near Gilead, Texas drinking and avoiding contact with people.

On the same day, the Keeshaw brothers drop in on him on their way to Gilead to rob the local bank and three children fleeing life in an orphanage choose to hide in a cave on his farm. Meanwhile in the town of Gilead, several personal stories are coming to a head involving the banker and his mistress, the prostitute who has decided to leave town and her lover, the local sheriff and the Deputy who has impregnated his girlfriend and is facing his doubts of his future as a lawman.

All these story threads will come to a head and solution when the Keeshaw's make their move. This is a fast moving yarn with the children playing a major role in the plot.
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lamour | Jul 1, 2023 |
A operação foi um sucesso total. Quando as bandagens foram removidas, o homem com o rosto de Humphrey Bogart "compra um casaco e uma arma grande e abre um escritório sob o nome de Sam Marlow, investigador particular. , se serve de um gole de uisque canadense de centeio e espera que os clientes apareçam. Claro que eles vêm! Bizarros, bobos, todos vêm. Naturalmente, a clientela está de alguma forma ligada à bela dama que se parece com Gene Tierney em Laura. Há uma trama cheia de reviravoltas, intrigas, ganância e perigo mortal, mas basta dizer que O homem com o rosto de Bogart tem o coração enraizado na herança dos bons e velhos filmes. É uma homenagem amorosa ao gênero de detetives durões da década de 1940 e aos filmes de Hollywood que glorificavam a ousadia. Variety chamou o livro original de Fenady "uma história em movimento rápido, com ação e diálogo staccato que literalmente devolve Bogart à vida". Divertido, hilário e cheio de suspense.… (més)
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jgcorrea | Oct 18, 2022 |
Shannon came west with his family in a small wagon train. In Texas everyone comes down with a sickness that kills all accept Shannon who is rescued by Kiowa Indians whose chief adopts him. On a cattle rustle raid, his Indian father is killed and Shannon is adopted by Shannon Glenshannon, the rancher, who owns the cattle.

The Glenshannmon's son hates and fears Shannon while Heather, his daughter, falls in love with him. Life is good and not too complicated until the Glenshannon dies. Then the son, Hadley, who inherits the ranch and almost everyone in the town make life miserable for Shannon. When Shannon returns from the Civil War as a wealthy war hero, he proceeds to get his revenge with unexpected results for him.

The title refers to a local geological formation on the ranch that has special meaning for Shannon and Heather.
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lamour | May 19, 2020 |

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