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A review by greybeard49
Bandits by Elmore Leonard
3.0
I always enjoy Elmore Leonard particularly the conversations between his main characters. Dialogue crackles along and is often so witty and slick that you can almost picture yourself there.
Leonard's plot lines are usually well constructed and convincing. Not so here - an elastic band stretched to it's credibility limits applies.
A Guatemalan general and erstwhile sophisticated thug pursuing and enamoured of a beautiful peasant girl escaping from a leper hospital. where all his troops massacre the inmates with machetes. Throw in a very attractive lapsed nun, let them all end up in New Orleans pursuing a huge amount of donated money and you see what I mean.
The writing is still amazing as always!!
Leonard's plot lines are usually well constructed and convincing. Not so here - an elastic band stretched to it's credibility limits applies.
A Guatemalan general and erstwhile sophisticated thug pursuing and enamoured of a beautiful peasant girl escaping from a leper hospital. where all his troops massacre the inmates with machetes. Throw in a very attractive lapsed nun, let them all end up in New Orleans pursuing a huge amount of donated money and you see what I mean.
The writing is still amazing as always!!