A review by aehsan
Gunman's Rhapsody by Robert B. Parker

3.0

A different take on the legend of Wyatt Earp. I can't say its better or worse than others its just different focusing on the relationship between Wyatt, his love interest Josie and his elder brother Virgil. The book suffers in 2 critical ares though for me which meant it wasn't as good as it could have been. Firstly there is a lot of build up to the OK Corral, and while build up is good you then want a strong payoff and sense of Catharsis. Here however MOST of that happens off-screen/off-page.Then the other part of Parker's work is his crackling dialogue - its often great in the Resolution series but here its distinctly lacking. You end up with great build up but littel payoff then throughout the book, no great memorable dialogue or pages of violent pay-off.