PRONTO by ELMORE LEONARD (1993; Weidenfeld & Nicolson; 226pp) ***½ Blurb: Harry Arno runs a South Miami Beach gambling operation. To protect his position, he was forced to cut a deal with the local muscle, Jimmy Capotorto (Jumbo Jimmy Cap), an even fifty-fifty split. For years Harry had been padding his own stake by skimming off…
Month: June 2018
Film Review – SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY (2018)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018; USA; Colour; 135m) ***½ d. Ron Howard; w. Lawrence Kasdan, Jonathan Kasdan; ph. Bradford Young; m. John Powell. Cast: Alden Ehrenreich, Emilia Clarke, Woody Harrelson, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Paul Bettany, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Warwick Davis, Clint Howard, Richard Dixon, Joonas Suotamo, Sarah-Stephanie, Deepak Anand, Slim Khezri, Ian Kenny, Douglas…
Book Review – BLACK AND BLUE (1997) by Ian Rankin
BLACK AND BLUE by IAN RANKIN (1997, Orion, 498pp) ****½ Blurb: In the 1960s, the infamous Bible John terrorised Scotland when he murdered three women, taking three souvenirs. Thirty years later, a copycat is at work, dubbed Johnny Bible. DI John Rebus’s unconventional methods have got him in trouble before – now he’s taken away from the…