Book Review; ‘The Man Who Shot Lewis Vance’ by Stuart M. Kaminsky
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Sep.29, 2020, under Books
The Man Who Shot Lewis Vance by Stuart M. Kaminsky
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Kaminsky starts this book as all do: continuing from the book before. In this case the one before ends with a call involving John Wayne. This one starts inconsistently with a different beginning not connecting with the end of the last book, though both involve Wayne.
The entire tale Kaminsky has assembled is conflated and ridiculous. The various bad guys involved really couldn’t have pulled off what is written. These are very different bad guys. Making it worse are layer of bad guys that really don’t work. Especially considering the ending. John Wayne appears shoved in to it all and then Charlie Chaplin is looped in. Both are a stretch of Kaminsky’s effort to include celebrities. He does do an excellent job of writing their dialogue. I could hear both in the writings.
Though the plot is over blown,the over all writing is very good. There are some very good and funny scenes,making this still worth reading.
Bottom line: i recommend this book. 5 out of ten points.
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