Month: April 2021

1956 saw the publication of Leonard’s third novel, Escape from Five Shadows. It’s another fairly pulpy Western with a fairly pulpy title, but even so, it’s again a little closer to what you’d expect an Elmore Leonard novel to be — in some ways, anyway. In others, maybe not so much. It’s a little rough around the edges, but just the same, it’s a pretty fun story about an innocent man stuck with a seven-year prison sentence, desperate to escape from a prison camp run by a ruthless profiteer. Let’s get to it. Plot summary: Five Shadows is a convict…