Night of Thunder - Bob the Nailer's Back

[bogie]

Okay - this book's likely to hack off more than a few folks, but I'm not sure some of 'em actually know how to read...

Set in and around Bristol, TN, during a Nascar race weekend. The book's got some seriously evil characters, ranging from meth heads to organized crime...

Interesting guns, interesting descriptions of conflict. Overall, I liked it.

 

[strambo]

Cool, I haven't read a Stephen Hunter book I didn't like and I've almost read them all. Nice to see the real Bob Lee Swagger back in action (as opposed to "Marky-Mark" Wahlberg )

 

[Claude Clay]

a new Hunter/Bob story---great news. thank you for the heads up.

 

[cowboy77845]

Just finished it. Pretty good read. The guys that like Bob Lee Swagger should like this one.

 

[usmarine0352_2005]

Sweet, I love Hunter's books.

 

[Frank Ettin]

Thanks, bogie. I just went on-line and ordered it at Amazon.

 

[Old Guy]

Read a couple of Library books a week, will order this one up, thanks for the heads up.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

Hunter's "Bob stories" - and most of the "Earls" - have been uniformly good.

 

[Cliff]

Just finished it. A good read. Not as good as his last book. That one was damn good. Regardless I recommend this one highly.

 

[akodo]

why is it likely to hack off some folks?

 

[Old Dog]

This book deserves more THR publicity. Picked it up in hardcover at the local Barnes & Noble for reading on the airplanes during a recent trip.

If you like guns and enjoy reading about guns, presented in an accurate and interesting manner, you'll enjoy this book. A shoot-out to end all shootouts and NASCAR to boot.

Hunter's got a USPSA champion deputy sheriff packin' a cocked'n'locked double-stack Para-Ord 1911 with three mags on the belt ... mentions Kimbers, Springfields, Colts, Nighthawks and Wilsons ...

Bob elects to carry his .38 Super Kimber in (stoked w/Cor-Bon +P+ 130-grain JHPs) in a kydex rig; his wife buys him a DPMS AR-15 in 6.8 Rem. SPC (loaded w/Black Hills) and an EOT HWS.

The book's got bad guys carrying .40 SIG 229s, nickeled 2.5" barreled Colt Pythons, Glocks, stainless SA 1911s. A store clerk with an old Colt's New Service (in either .44-40 or .45) underneath the counter. Did I mention the Barrett .50 cal.? And we even find out about Swagger's pistol-shooting background in the end -- he's not just a rifleman.

Great read.

 

[Jim Watson]

Yeah, but he thinks the big boys a New Service .45 Colt puts out weigh 230 grains.
BRAAK!

 

[SAWBONES]

I've read every piece of fiction Stephen Hunter wrote, two-five times. I own all of 'em in both hardcover and paperback.

Unfortunately, his latest two Bob Lee Swagger books, 47th Samurai and Night of Thunder, aren't up to the standard of the earlier ones. The same applies to Havana, his latest Earl Swagger story.

They compare in quality to his earlier work rather as Ian Fleming's earlier James Bond stories compared to his last (Octopussy/View To a Kill and The Man With the Golden Gun); short, story lines wearing out, not as much effort put into the spinning of the tale.

Read 'em, sure, but if you haven't read his earlier stories, I'd recommend Point Of Impact, Black Light, Time To Hunt first, and Hot Springs, Pale Horse Coming and Dirty White Boys first.