Product Description: Texan Hack Holland, a political candidate, becomes involved with the civil rights movement, a stand that forces him to reassess his priorities and goals. Reprint.
Didn't like this one I give this 5 stars because in my view anything from JLB rates 5 stars and deserves to be read. But I didn't like it. I'm not sure why, but I didn't like Hack until the epilogue (best part of the book, imho). Too much about the Korean POW experience...wouldn't have taken that much to color in that part of his life. Does anybody suck on a bottle of Jack Daniels and drive 100 mph and eventually reach a happy ending?...not even in Texas, I don't think. Anyway, I've read most of the Robicheaux and Billy Bob novels twice, but this one won't get picked up again.
To this day, my favorite of all the Burke books This will be a departure in some way for people that have read the series about Dave, but for those of us that simply love his written word, this is a stunning piece of work by Burke. I have read this book twice, something I don't do too often because there are just too many things stacked up in my "to read" pile. Hack is a good man plagued by demons of his own making, something that is NOT a departure in a Burke novel and is what makes this book one that is not easily forgotten. I think that the struggle we all make in our lives to do what is "right" is just rife with areas of grey. This is what makes reading this (and any) Burke novel an experience rather than several hours to kill time with a story. Just my opinion, I've been wrong before, as someone much wiser than me once said.
No Dave Robicheaux, but not bad I thoroughly enjoyed this book about Hank Holland. The JLB style remains the same with the tough, rough main character, plagued by his own demons,but ultimately righteous in the end. It was enjoyable (and available in Mexico in Paperback, so not thoroughly out of print...) I'd read another book about the same character and I've read all but the most recent one of the Dave Robicheaux collection.
Disappointing I was very disappointed in this book. Having read all of his previous books, I assumed this one would be good too. The main character Hack Holland is believeable but there is not enough substance to carry the plot. I bought this book to read for my summer vacation up north and ended up with no book to read and no place to buy another one.... can anything be more depressing!..sorry James Lee
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