Escape From Five Shadows (Mass Market Paperback)

by Elmore Leonard (Author) "Karla hesitated in the doorway of the adobe, then pushed open the screen door and came out into the sunlight as she heard again the..." (more)
Key Phrases: convict camp, equipment wagon, punishment cell, Frank Renda, Willis Falvey, Chick Miller (more...)

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An absolute master. -- The Detroit News

The greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever! -- The New York Times Book Review --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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"The greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever!" (The New York Times Book Review )

"An absolute master." (The Detroit News ) --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Dell (March 5, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440213339
• ISBN-13: 978-0440213338
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #7,427,932 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If You Don't succeed At First, April 16, 2003

By	Max Inman (holland, mi. U.S.A) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Escape from Five Shadows (Mass Market Paperback)

Leonard is a great writer, I love his stories. At times you have to pay very close attention to what he is saying or you might get lost. Leonard is not the type of writer to tell you over and over again what he wants to tell you just so he can get in a few more lines. Often times I have to reread a page because I was not paying attention. In 5 Shadows the main character, Corey Bowen keeps trying to escape the prison, thus my title to this review. Corey is going to get help from a lady who has murder on her mind. After his freedom he then settles some scores permanently. A very good book.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars BORING!!!!!, September 12, 2002

By	Mac Blair "Mac Blair" (Huntingdon, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Escape from Five Shadows (Mass Market Paperback)

I have read several westerns by Leonard, this is the worst one I have read. Corey Bowen is trying to escape from the prison camp Five Shadows. He tries and is caught but does he give up, NO. He lives to try again. Page after page is spent talking about the escape. A girl he has seen one time, Karla Demery, likes his looks and contacts an Attorney to see if he will help him. The Attorney agrees and has a new trial set up when Bowen tries another break out. The big villian is Frank Renda who is in charge of the prison. He and his side kick will shoot you for nothing and call it an attempted excape. The book was slow, I found my self wanting to skim pages to just get it over with. If this happenes to be the first Leonard book you have read don't think they are all like this one. He does write some good westerns.

3.0 out of 5 stars a lesser entry, November 27, 2008

By	John Bowes (Oxford, MA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Escape from Five Shadows (Mass Market Paperback)

This one is not a grabber. You can see the respect for the Apache and Mexicans, that play larger in other, better books. But you have to work to finish.