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Under the Skin

James Carlos Blake

Paperback | Pages: 304 pages

Rating: 3.89 | 113 Users | 10 Reviews

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Title	:	Under the Skin
Author	:	James Carlos Blake
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 304 pages
Published	:	February 3rd 2004 by Harper Perennial (first published 2003)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Mystery. Crime

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James Rudolph Youngblood, aka Jimmy the Kid, is an enforcer, a "ghost rider" for the Maceo brothers, Rosario and Sam, rulers of "the Free State of Galveston," who are prospering through illicit pleasures in the midst of the Great Depression. Raised on an isolated West Texas ranch that he was forced to flee at age eighteen following the violent breakup of his foster family, Jimmy has found a home and a profession in Galveston -- and a mentor in Rose Maceo.

Looming over Jimmy's story like an ancient curse is the specter of his fearsome father. Their ties of blood, evident since Jimmy's boyhood, have been drawn tighter over time. Then a strange and beautiful girl enters his life and a swift and terrifying sequence of events is set in motion. Jimmy must cross the border and go deep into the brutal and merciless country of his ancestors -- where the story's harrowing climax closes a circle of destiny many years in the making.

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Original Title:	Under the Skin
ISBN:	0060542438 (ISBN13: 9780060542436)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Falcon Award (2007)

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Ratings: 3.89 From 113 Users | 10 Reviews

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I LOVE James Carlos Blake, but this was not one of his best. Still worth reading however. He is a master storyteller & I will read anything he writes.

James Carlos Blake is by far one of my favorite authors. Under the Skin is a good story but not his best. If you are not familiar with his novels, I would first read "Pistoleer" or "Red River Grass" first. As an avid fan, I enjoyed this book!

Another exciting read from James Carlos Blake about an American outlaw.

Revenge, heartbreak and friendship. As addicting as Blake's superb Wolfe quartet and just as absorbing. While not historical fiction, the mixture of actual characters and this gripping tale of early 20th century Texas and Mexico are as alive and vibrant as if they were alive today.

James Carlos Blake is one of the America's most highly regarded living authors of historical crime fiction. Born in Mexico, his family moved regularly when he was a child, living in various towns along the border and coast before finally settling in Texas when he was six. After a stint in the army, Blake attended the University of South Florida and received a Master's degree from Bowling GreenRevenge, heartbreak and friendship. As addicting as Blake's superb Wolfe quartet and just as absorbing. While not historical fiction, the mixture of actual characters and this gripping tale of early 20th century Texas and Mexico are as alive and vibrant as if they were alive today.

I enjoyed it more than the other book I have read by Blake, Wildwood Boys, but had similar issues with both. It seems with both books hat the author wants us to sympathize with the main character, who is a killer. I resent being pulled in that direction, but it bothered me less in this book--perhaps because I found the character's back story a bit more appealing. And in this book, unlike Wildwood, the character lives to tell the tale. He doesn't really deserve to.

Was worried that the narrator (who, it's important to point out, is an unstoppable killing machine) was going to become uninteresting very quickly, but I did enjoy his back story. Like the Handsome Harry book, this was more of a 3.5 than just a 3, but I think I'm anxious to check out more of Blake's novels that are set during the 19th century. Kinda over the 1930s gangsterism thing.