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Sudden
Sudden: Takes the Trail
He had killed his best friend, and now the howling mob aimed to string him up. It was an accident, of course, but that didn’t make it any better.
Somehow, he had to escape the noose, and just hope that one day he could live with himself again. But how far can run from one’s past and the hangman?
Somehow, he had to escape the noose, and just hope that one day he could live with himself again. But how far can run from one’s past and the hangman?
- GenresWesterns
167 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 15, 2013
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June 26, 2023
Used to love these books and I think I read this one at least two or three times. Chanced upon this one at Open Library and decided to read it again, to see how it holds up (now that I'm woke and all).
Sudden Takes The Trail has one or two references that haven't aged well, and of course the main character's horse has a problematic name. Also, other than white men, there aren't any other people, black, Asian people, and even the one (white) female character is just a cardboard cutout with no purpose other than to serve as a support for the main characters' narrative arc.
And yet, reading the novel gave me pleasure, maybe because I remembered the boy I was, or I remembered a time when life seemed simpler. The writing is still economical and action moves really quickly.
The question that interests me is this: how well would the 'good' characters in such books actually integrate into our lives today? what would their politics be? They're all driven by a certain (masculine) code of honour and they all love guns. The temptation is to say that in today's America, they would all be gun-toting, abortion denying Republicans.
But in all honesty, there's no way to tell for sure. I certainly choose to believe that Sudden, the fastest gunslinger in the West would have no trouble at a pride march.
Sudden Takes The Trail has one or two references that haven't aged well, and of course the main character's horse has a problematic name. Also, other than white men, there aren't any other people, black, Asian people, and even the one (white) female character is just a cardboard cutout with no purpose other than to serve as a support for the main characters' narrative arc.
And yet, reading the novel gave me pleasure, maybe because I remembered the boy I was, or I remembered a time when life seemed simpler. The writing is still economical and action moves really quickly.
The question that interests me is this: how well would the 'good' characters in such books actually integrate into our lives today? what would their politics be? They're all driven by a certain (masculine) code of honour and they all love guns. The temptation is to say that in today's America, they would all be gun-toting, abortion denying Republicans.
But in all honesty, there's no way to tell for sure. I certainly choose to believe that Sudden, the fastest gunslinger in the West would have no trouble at a pride march.
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June 2, 2022A great yarn. Though it is formulaic, it works because it addresses the basic sense of honor, self-esteem, and Fairplay that all of us value.
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