A review by martyfried
Fire in the Hole: Stories by Elmore Leonard

3.0

This book is a collection of short stories. I didn't read all of them, mainly because I normally don't read short stories. The ones I read here seemed incomplete, in a way. It was like reading a chapter of a book, and I didn't feel that I reached the end of the entire story; in fact, after the first one, I felt slightly confused, thinking there might be more to the story. But I enjoyed the ones I read while reading them.

I had watched a couple of episodes of the TV series "Justified", which is based on a character from the story "Fire in the Hole", Rayan Givens. I like the series, and hope to watch more one of these days. This is really the main reason I read these stories. To be honest, I was hoping perhaps there would be more than just the one story with Rayan Givens. Fortunately, there are more full books in the series.

I've read one or two other books by Elmore Leonard which I liked. He also wrote the book "Get Shorty", which was a movie I liked a lot.