Forty Lashes Less One

Name: Forty Lashes Less One
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Elmore Leonard
ISBN: 9780061993671

Author: Elmore Leonard

Narrator: Josh Clark

Unabridged: 5 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 11/02/2010

Categories: Fiction, Western, Crime

Synopsis

The hell called Yuma Prison can destroy the soul of any man. And it's worse for those whose damning crime is the color of their skin. The law says Chiricahua Apache Raymond San Carlos and black-as-night former soldier Harold Jackson are murderers, and they'll stay behind bars until they're dead and rotting. But even in the worst place on Earth, there's hope. And for two hard and hated inmates -- first enemies, then allies by necessity -- it waits at the end of a mad and violent contest ... on a bloody trail that winds toward Arizona's five most dangerous men.

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 Gary on May 29, 2022

Generally, I do not care for stories that take place in a prison, but this is Elmore Leonard, so I figured I’d give it a try. I’m glad I did. “Harold Jackson took a place at the end of the table. There were two men at the other end. Shifting his gaze past them as he took a bite of bread, he could se......more

Goodreads review by Luca on August 16, 2018

Ho sempre associato il genere Western alla mia infanzia, da bambino andavo a casa di mia nonna e almeno un paio di volte a settimana mi piazzavo sulla poltrona davanti alla televisione a guardare le videocassette di John Wayne. Poi con l'adolescenza è arrivato Red Dead Redemption e il vecchio West è......more

Goodreads review by robin on March 04, 2021

Elmore Leonard's Novel Of Yuma Prison Elmore Leonard (1925 -- 2013) wrote western novels before turning to the crime and suspense fiction for which he is better known. The Library of America has recently published a volume of four of Leonard's western novels and eight of his stories which offers an e......more

Goodreads review by Jim on January 03, 2015

No one does gritty like Leonard. This is bleak, barren, & ugly - the perfect prison. He had me sweating & dry as a bone in Yuma prison's heat when it's cold & wet here. Excellently done, but brutal & depressing. It was a quick read, but I just didn't get to it with the holidays. I should have.......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on November 06, 2020

A really oddball western as an unworldly minister becomes a prison warden at the infamous Yuma prison. He decides to lift the moral character of a black man and an Indian by turning them into "warriors". The ending is classic Leonard and is not to be missed.......more