Valdez Is Coming

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256 pages

English language

Published Feb. 5, 2002 by HarperTorch, HarperCollins.

ISBN:
978-0-380-82223-2
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They laughed at Roberto Valdez and then ignored him. But when a dark-skinned man was holed up in a shack with a gun, they sent the part-time town constable to deal with the problem -- and made sure he had no choice but to gun the fugitive down. Trouble was, Valdez killed an innocent man. And when he asked for justice -- and some money for the dead man's woman -- they beat Valdez and tied him to a cross. They were still laughing when Valdez came back. And then they began to die...

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Read this following Hombre. Recommended by A2J. Has the classic story of the hidden tough guy. Would be fun to see if you could find a single "extra" word in it.

Hidden tough guy stories that come to mind:
Superman - Clark Kent
Lamb in Joe Abercrombie's Red Country
Many martial arts movies, e.g. Yip Man and David Carradine's Kung Fu TV series
Ryan Gosling in Drive
Some Clint Eastwood movies, Gary Cooper in High Noon, Shane - but in these you are not surprised (you are never really surprised)

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