Maximum Bob

De: Elmore Leonard

Narrado por: Richard Poe

A character so outrageous he could only have come from the ingenious imagination of Elmore Leonard, lewd, lecherous, law-bending Florida jurist Judge Robert "Maximum Bob" Gibbs has been judged guilty by a grudge-bearing malefactor and sentenced to death - by alligator, if necessary. Maximum Bob is a delightfully dark classic thriller from "the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever" (New York Times Book Review), and any listener who loved getting gleefully lost in the criminal mayhem of Get Shorty, Rum Punch, Out of Sight, The Hot Kid, or any number of the inimitable Leonard's numerous crime fiction masterworks will get maximum enjoyment out of this one.

©1991 Elmore Leonard, Inc. (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers

Excellent Story, Great Characters

I’m really enjoying Elmore Leonard’s books the more and more I read. I was a big fan of Pronto and if you enjoyed that book, I believe you’ll really enjoy this.

Great book, ruined by bad narration

This is one of those audiobooks where a character’s morality is reflected in their voice — meaning the bad guys have loud, obnoxious, grating voices that make you want to strangle them. Like it’s a murderous henchman with three lines in a John Ford Western. Only this is Elmore Leonard, and the bad guy talks at length throughout the book. It’s Elmore Leonard so you’re here for that natural dialogue, but with this audiobook you just want them to shut the fork up already. Listening to the bad guy is punishment.

You don’t need the narrator making the bad guy unlikeable. That’s the author’s job. Give the villain a nice voice. Bad guys can have nice voices. Imagine if Darth Vader sounded like Jimmy Cagney as Al Capone. Oh Han Solo you dirty rat! Or Hannibal Lecter sounding like Gilbert Gottfried as Iago in Aladdin.

Another great story

Terrific author. Excellent story as well as narration. The characters come alive. What a pleasurable way to pass the time.

Great Entertainment

I forgot how much I enjoyed Elmore Leonard until I stumbled on this audio book. I lived in Palm Beach County for years so it's interesting to have a story based in a location you're familiar with...allows you to connect to the story in a unique way. The story is well told drawing the audience in making us laugh. The delivery adds another level of reality as the voice is true to the character. Absolutely loved my time with the story!

Characters

It was whimsical and fast moving not much of a plot but I enjoyed Leonard’s characters as always

Best

It was a great listen and a great story. I definitely recommend and thanks! That’s all I have for now

Story is non existent

This isn’t even a hangout story it’s just goes on and on and is very boring though it starts so promising but then you realize by two or three hours in it’s not going anywhere. There is no plot and the characters have nothing to do.

great characters

Dutch writes the best dialogue ever. Witty. Unexpected. Authentic. Interesting structure this time out.

Good but a bit darker than expected

I felt this book didn’t have the same quirkiness as others by this author. The characters weren’t as interesting or layered but more black and white.

Kind of fun

This is the first book by Elmore Leonard that I have read. It was an enjoyable read on the whole, but the story gave me a sense of not quite being one story. I think it may reflect life better than many other books, where everything is neatly tied together at the end. This one left a lot of threads snapping in the wind so to speak, which is not necessarily bad, but it felt like it could have gone on, more or less indefinitely. There was no complete closure, just a partial story resolved and that left me somewhat unsatisfied.

But on the whole, quite worth my time.