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Baptist's FIre was a stormy little town all along, with gunfire from bitter Tennessee feuds spilling down Main Street since the 1890s. It was no place for a city slicker to visit, let alone start buying up, and that's what Mr. Cam seemed to be doing. And by the time some of the townspeople realized what was happening, they were too involved--or too scared--to do anything about it. Until Hardacre came to town... The ultra rare inspiration for the 1987 Burt Reynolds movie MALONE.
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250 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1980
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April 5, 2022
This was a bit more entertaining than watching Burt Reynolds curly toupee and mustache running through the motions in "Malone". I really had a hard time with all the southern speech. I had to re-read lots of sentences to get the meaning of what people were saying. It also dragged out the suspense scenes for far too long. Some tension is built, but after a while, I was just saying to myself, "get on with it already."
It did have one of the better plot twists involving a character that you'll never see coming. It also had some good action and like I said before, tension. Just not enough to pull it above the three-star mark.
The plot is pretty cut and dry. A stranger pushes his broken-down car into a gas station in the hills of Tennessee. He's a quite no-nonsense kind of guy. The town is owned by a mafia don in hiding. He owns the law too. The stranger and the mob man's goon's clash. Blood is spilt and the town is torn to pieces.
It did have one of the better plot twists involving a character that you'll never see coming. It also had some good action and like I said before, tension. Just not enough to pull it above the three-star mark.
The plot is pretty cut and dry. A stranger pushes his broken-down car into a gas station in the hills of Tennessee. He's a quite no-nonsense kind of guy. The town is owned by a mafia don in hiding. He owns the law too. The stranger and the mob man's goon's clash. Blood is spilt and the town is torn to pieces.
February 25, 2021
Action packed with extreme violence. Add a graphic underage sex scene and you have a novel that borders on smut. Four stars for the first half of the book one star for the second.
August 1, 2013
I wanted to read this book mainly because I saw Malone with Burt Reynolds recently. I don't know any other actor who could have portrayed Hardacre as well as Reynolds did.
Comparing the book and movie would be like comparing apples and oranges. The movie with its time constraints obviously had to shorten the ending as well as the intrusion of the FBI and CIA, which was better explained in the movie.
I liked both very much. I will read the book again in a few months and will watch the movie the next time it's on tv.
Both are very well done. I do like the ending in the movie better because I believe the lead character treated Joe more honorably.
I recommend this book to anyone who loves a good thriller.
Comparing the book and movie would be like comparing apples and oranges. The movie with its time constraints obviously had to shorten the ending as well as the intrusion of the FBI and CIA, which was better explained in the movie.
I liked both very much. I will read the book again in a few months and will watch the movie the next time it's on tv.
Both are very well done. I do like the ending in the movie better because I believe the lead character treated Joe more honorably.
I recommend this book to anyone who loves a good thriller.
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