Finished reading HOMBRE by Elmore Leonard. This is a western/cowboy novel set in Arizona in 1884. The main character, John Russell, is a brave and cool Apache Indian who grew up among whites. Russell has a few aliases including ‘Tres Hombres’ and ‘Hombre’.
The book was first published in 1961 and six years later a movie based on it was produced, starring Paul Newman. That movie was screened in Guyana and a Portuguese guy was so impressed that when he opened a gents boutique on Robb Street between Hinck Street and Avenue of the Republic in the early 1970s he named it HOMBRE.
I like Elmore Leonard’s writing style. Sixteen years ago I read another of his westerns, CUBA LIBRE.
