Appaloosa by Robert B. Parker
Everett Hitch Trilogy #1
Fiction – Western, Published 2005
Read March 2009
4/5
From the Cover:
When Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch arrive in Appaloosa, they find a town suffering at the hands of a renegade rancher who’s already left the city marshal and one of his deputies dead. Cole and Hitch are used to cleaning up after scavengers, but this one raises the stakes by playing not with the rules – but with emotion.
Review:
Blood will spill in the town called Appaloosa.
This was my first Robert B. Parker novel and I really enjoyed the fast pace of the writing in a slow paced western. The author really concentrates on the characters, setting them up for plenty of action in this new series, which wikipedia says will be a trilogy.
I can’t wait to read the next in the series. I’m waiting [patiently] for Resolution to come out in paperback on May 5th and the third book, Brimstone, will come out in hardback on May 9th, which means the paperback might be out by the end of the year.
Movie:
After finishing the book in only a few days, I rented the movie this weekend. It follows the book pretty closely and I can only think of one scene that really deviated. I enjoyed Ed Harris as Cole, Viggo Mortensen as Hitch, and Renee Zellweger as Mrs. French. And the scenery is amazing.
After their shootout:
Hitch: That was quick.
Cole: Yeah, everybody could shoot.
