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Maximum Bob
Maximum Bob
Author: Elmore Leonard
Enter the world of Elmore Leonard. The setting is Palm Beach County, Florida, where someone places a live ten-foot alligator in the backyard of the bigoted, redneck judge Bob Gibbs--known to all as Maximum Bob--and his wife, Leanne, a former Weeki Wachee mermaid. Not long after that, shots are fired into the judge's house. It doesn't take much f...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780385301428
ISBN-10: 0385301421
Publication Date: 7/1/1991
Pages: 295
Rating:
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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3.5 stars, based on 12 ratings
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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This was the first Leonard novel I read and it delighted me. Leonard is famous for his dialogue, which feels real, and often he can be very funny. I was particularly impressed with his grace in depicting sex and violence, which occur in moderate doses in his books. His characters tend to be criminals, some of them very scummy types, but he does not rub your face in gore and cruelty. Has a great ability to depict sort of red-neck hillbilly types with affection but without illusion. Good portrayal of cops as well.
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Abridged. Read by Brian Dennehy. This is my favorite Elmore Leonard book. It's one of those classic South Florida crime novels filled with wacky characters and crazy actions. I found it laugh out loud funny! I will be sending you the two casettes in their individual cases. There is no outher box.
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Another solid Elmore Leonard effort.
trevor avatar reviewed Maximum Bob on + 38 more book reviews
This is another good read from Elmore Leonard. His great skill is giving us convincing "slice-of-life" stories from a sordid world, filled with intriguing and often unsavory characters. Don't expect happy, tidy endings. Go along for the ride and enjoy Leonard's vision and voice.
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Maximum Bob, the skirt-chasing, Florida judge has made a career of oversentencing vonvicted felons. Assasination isn't his only worry. His wife, who suffers multiple personality disorder, is embarrassing the family in Palm Beach. As bullets start flying, they all become tangled with a gang of smart crooks, foolish love and sweet revenge.
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From Publishers Weekly: "Darker than his usual fare (something very bad occurs to a good guy), Leonard's latest is no less excellent. Elvin Crowe, of a habitually criminal Florida family, is out of jail and looking to run a scam on rich probationer Dr. Tommy Vasco, ex-friend (lover?) of Elvin's prison boyfriend. Turns out that all three were sentenced by illiberal Palm Beach County judge Bob Isom Gibbs, aka Maximum Bob. For $10,000 Elvin contracts to kill Gibbs, wondering if he can get more out of Dr. Tommy. Meanwhile Gibbs is trying to scare off his weird young wife, Leanne, a possible psychic sharing a body with Wanda Grace, a dead slave girl. Racist and sexist as any redneck, Gibbs has eyes for young Kathy Diaz Baker, probation officer for Elvin, Elvin's nephew and eventually Dr. Tommy. Still angry about a failed marriage to an Anglo cad, Kathy meets youngish detective Gary Hammond. They start working together (Who brought a gator to Gibbs's house? Who shot at the house? What's Elvin up to with Dr. Tommy?) and fall in love. Leonard's suspense, pace, humor and ear (probation officers talking shop, e.g.) are as wonderful, dry and true as ever."
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sheriw avatar reviewed Maximum Bob on + 38 more book reviews
I really enjoyed this book, good characters, fast paced, with humor as well
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For me....I did not care for this book. The most ridiculous part of this book is a woman who all men want. She's just so beautiful!!! The plot is predictable. The killer is who you think it is. No imagination at all. Will not read anymore Leonard books.
I'm giving it one star cause I can't give it any lower.


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