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Tishomingo Blues
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
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Summary
Daredevil Dennis Lenahan has brought his act to the Tishomingo Lodge & Casino in Tunica, Mississippi - diving off an 80-foot ladder into nine feet of water for the amusement of gamblers, gangsters, and luscious belles. His riskiest feat, however, was witnessing a Dixie-style mob execution while atop his diving platform.
Robert Taylor saw the hit also. A blues-loving Detroit hustler touring the Southland, Taylor's got his own secret agenda and he wants Dennis in on the game. And high-diver Dennis could be about to take a long, fatal fall - right into a mess of hoop skirts, Civil War play-acting...and more trouble than he ever dreamed possible.
Elmore Leonard was born in New Orleans on 11 October, 1925. He wrote 45 books during his phenomenal career, including the best sellers Mr Paradise, Tishomingo Blues, Be Cool, and The Hot Kid. Many have been made into successful movies, including Get Shorty with John Travolta, Out of Sight with George Clooney, and Rum Punch, which became Tarantino's Jackie Brown. He is the recipient of the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award and the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award. He died on 20 August, 2013, in Detroit.
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- M. J. Laskin
- 02-11-23
Entertaining
Another dry as toast Elmore Leonard story. Not deep but entertaining with his usual two dimensional characters but funny and enjoyable nevertheless
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- Mrs
- 20-01-23
Expertly crafted by a master storyteller
Some memorable characters, with the star billing going to Robert Taylor one of Leonard’s most alluring leads. An artful dodger with a plan to cause mayhem and win. Set in the Deep South, tishomingo blues is a retribution hymn in which the bad guys get what they deserve and the good guys get their gals. A modern western but with casinos, high divers and Dixie mafia ending up with a shoot out at a Civil War re-enactment worthy of Shane.
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- Street
- 26-11-18
Unusual
Having listened to the first four hours I still couldn't make out what the story was about, tenuous links from line to line - if not for Jeff Hardings performance I would have given up but persevered and listened to the rest - I'm still none the wiser.
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