Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl Webster Stories

De: Elmore Leonard

Narrado por: Josh Clark

The "Hot Kid" of the U.S. Marshals Service, Carl Webster maintains the law with a cool, showdown attitude. He's one of the richest creations in Elmore Leonard's half century of delivering the goods. From his appearances in the critically acclaimed novels The Hot Kid and Up in Honey's Room, Carl returns to lay down the law in a novella that originally appeared as a serial in the New York Times Sunday Magazine.

The title novella - plus two Carl Webster short stories - traces Carl's career from his run-in with 1930's gangsters to his investigation of a murder at a German POW camp in Oklahoma. This time it's Carl against war-seasoned Afrika Korps Nazis. With its pitch-perfect dialogue, compelling characters, and classic charm, Comfort to the Enemy is vintage Leonard.

©2010 Elmore Leonard, Inc. (P)2010 Elmore Leonard, Inc. and HarperCollins Publishers

Why are you whispering?

I did enjoy the stories. Leonard is consistantly engrosing. Clark is an excellent narrator, but his voice is too hushed. I couldn't raise the volume on my iPod loud enough to listen in a public setting. However, I do recommend this listen as long as you are listening at home.

The Only Problem?

It's not long enough! Leonard's tales of Carl Webster never are. a great read from Josh Clark as well. Highly recommended.

Another Great Book By Dutch Leonard

I thought this little collection with the title novella as its showpiece was superb. A great period piece set in that Leonard sweet-spot between his Westerns and more modern crime novels, this one set in early 20th century and has the origin story of “The Hot Kid”, Carl Webster.

Vintage Leonard in every way and well read by Josh Clark. I like how he does voices of different characters.

Highly recommended

Perfect narrator for Westerns

What made the experience of listening to Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl Webster Stories the most enjoyable?

Josh Clark narration.

What other book might you compare Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl Webster Stories to and why?

Forty Lashes Less One - another Elmore Leonard Western. I've listened a few times all the way through, and it never seems to get old, just funnier!

What does Josh Clark bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

His reading of the character dialogue is epic. Extremely talented.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Made me laugh out loud a bunch of times.

Too Funny..great characters

Elmore Leonard develops his characters by their actions, conversations, clothing, small but telling details. This book of short stories is a continuous narrative with a minimum of introspection , violence that we know is deserved, and good humour throughout

Some bad decisions

I was very disappointed in this book. I was expecting some new Carl Webster stories and instead I am hearing shorter versions of three other books that I already own.
The narrator is not as fitting as the narrator on the original books. If Mr. Leonard wanted to put out this book he should have used his original narrator or just cut in snippets from the original books