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Book Review By James Craver
Maximum Bob by Elmore Leonard

Palm Beach County judge Bob Isum Gibbs, alias BIG, is a hated man. An oversexed, racist redneck, nicknamed "Maximum Bob" for his sentencing preferences, Judge Gibbs's enemies-list of miscreants and malfeasants is a mile long.

One of these men, a psychopathic gator-poacher named Elvin Crowe, who recently completed his Gibbs-mandated sentence for shooting the wrong man (it's a long story), has just accepted a murder contract on Judge Gibbs from another felon, a former doctor sentenced to house-arrest by BIG.

Now, Elvin's probation officer, Kathy Baker, must fend off alligators, automatic rifles, and Maximum Bob's wandering hands to protect His Honor from his very own hitman.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - very humorous
Time/era of story:
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
The crook is.... - stalking/killing innocents
descript. of violence and chases - 20 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 %
Crime Thriller Yes
Is MAIN CHARACTER an EVIL criminal? Yes
General Crime (including known murderer) Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here? - finding a known killer
If story PRIMARILY about main chr. being hunted... - hunted by killer/stalker

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Race

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status:
Eccentric: Yes
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
The antagonists are: - rednecks
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Dumb

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Southeast
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee - dumb rednecks, like Gomer Pyle - hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing
Unusual forms of death - perforation--bullets
Unusual form of death? Yes
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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