Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl W..., Elmore Leonard
Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl W..., Elmore Leonard
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Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl Webster Stories

Author: Elmore Leonard

Narrator: Josh Clark

Unabridged: 5 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 10/12/2010

Synopsis

“An excellent read….Concrete evidence of a master crime writer still at the top of his game.”
—Russel D. McLean, author of The Good Son

“The reigning King Daddy of crime writers” (Seattle Times), Elmore Leonard first introduced quick-triggered legendary lawman Carl Webster  in the New York Times bestseller, The Hot Kid, and brought him back for an encore Up in Honey’s Room. In Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl Webster Stories, the loose cannon U.S. marshal struts his stuff once more in three electrifying new tales. Comfort to the Enemy is more indisputable proof that Elmore Leonard is indeed, as Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, Shutter Island) puts it, “The greatest crime writer who ever lived.”

About Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard wrote more than forty books during his long career, including the bestsellers Raylan, Tishomingo Blues, Be Cool, Get Shorty, and Rum Punch, as well as the acclaimed collection When the Women Come Out to Dance, which was a New York Times Notable Book. Many of his books have been made into movies, including Get Shorty and Out of Sight. The short story “Fire in the Hole,” and three books, including Raylan, were the basis for the FX hit show Justified. Leonard received the Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN USA and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He died in 2013.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Benni on October 12, 2010

Thanks to the publisher and goodreads for the advanced reading copy. Comfort to the Enemy is a collection of two short stories and the eponymous novella starring Carl Webster. The two short stories, "Showdown at Checotah" and "Louly and Pretty Boy" also appear in the book, The Hot Kid. I've known abo......more

Goodreads review by Athena on October 10, 2010

I love Elmore Leonard's writing and this book did not disappoint. Good stories written in that tough, charming way that Leonard has perfected. It's full of characters you may already know and love from other Carl Webster stories. I won my copy through First Reads.......more

Goodreads review by Aaron on January 25, 2025

This collection of 3 stories about US Marshal Carl Webster is a fun read with the usual great Elmore Leonard dialogue. It is a bonus for me in that it takes place in Oklahoma where I grew up, so the names of the small towns are familiar to me. The first story depicts how the main character’s name ch......more

Goodreads review by Luana on April 12, 2021

If you've read the previously published Carl Webster stories, only the main novella "Comfort to the Enemy" is of any interest here. The other two stories are Carl's first run-in with a criminal at the drug store (turned into the opening chapters of Hot Kid), and "Louly and Pretty Boy", Louly's origi......more

Goodreads review by Rob on April 20, 2020

Very enjoyable, typical Elmore Leonard. If you liked "The Hot Kid" and/or "Up in Honey's Room", this slim volume is worth a read. The title story, the longest of the three herein, fills us in on the German POWs that feature in "Honey". The shorter two tales do retread some familiar ground--they read......more

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