Reviews of Robbers | Christopher Cook https://www.christopher-cook.com Official website of award winning author Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:22:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 Robbers – Quotes from Reviews & Authors https://www.christopher-cook.com/robbers-quotes-from-reviews-authors/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/robbers-quotes-from-reviews-authors/#respond Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:45:34 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1043   “Robbers remains one of my favorite first novels of the last decade. More, please, sir.” (BOOKLIST) “An adrenaline bomb of a crime novel… a rhythm that is strictly four on the floor.” (LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW) “I couldn’t … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.christopher-cook.com/robbers-quotes-from-reviews-authors/feed/ 0 Publishers Weekly review https://www.christopher-cook.com/publishers-weekly-review/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/publishers-weekly-review/#respond Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:07:05 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1036 PUBLISHERS WEEKLY October 9, 2000 The harsh, foreboding essence of rural Texas dominates Cook’s bloody, bittersweet debut novel, charting the adventures of two criminal drifters and their pursuer… The boys’ aimless adventure eventually includes Della, a woman who patterns her … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.christopher-cook.com/publishers-weekly-review/feed/ 0 The New York Times Book Review https://www.christopher-cook.com/the-new-york-times-book-review/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/the-new-york-times-book-review/#respond Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:17:55 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1022 THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW December 24, 2000 By MARILYN STASIO Bad boys like Ray Bob and Eddie need no introduction; they just are what they are, ”outsiders from the rural frontier . . . young and unemployed and … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.christopher-cook.com/the-new-york-times-book-review/feed/ 0 The Book Report (bookreport.com) review https://www.christopher-cook.com/the-book-report-bookreport-com-review/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/the-book-report-bookreport-com-review/#respond Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:06:28 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1017 THE BOOK REPORT / (bookreport.com) November 1, 2000 ROBBERS Christopher Cook Carroll & Graf Suspense ISBN: 0786707763 There has been a lot of hype about ROBBERS and, more specifically, about Christopher Cook, about how he writes like Elmore Leonard or … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.christopher-cook.com/the-book-report-bookreport-com-review/feed/ 0 Booklist & Kirkus reviews https://www.christopher-cook.com/booklist-kirkus-reviews/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/booklist-kirkus-reviews/#respond Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:48:42 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1012 BOOKLIST December 2008 By Bill Ott, Editor & Publisher “Robbers remains one of my favorite first novels of the last decade. More, please, sir.”   BOOKLIST – Starred Review October 15, 2000 By Bill Ott, Editor & Publisher Eddie and … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.christopher-cook.com/booklist-kirkus-reviews/feed/ 0 Dallas Morning News review https://www.christopher-cook.com/dallas-morning-news-review/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/dallas-morning-news-review/#respond Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:21:16 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1006 DALLAS MORNING NEWS January 7, 2001 Cook’s first novel rips through the state’s seamy underbelly like a twister through a slush pit By Bryan Woolley / The Dallas Morning News ROBBERS By Christopher Cook (Carroll & Graf, $24.95) Christopher Cook’s … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.christopher-cook.com/dallas-morning-news-review/feed/ 0 Dallas Morning News – profile of Cook https://www.christopher-cook.com/dallas-morning-news-profile-of-cook/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/dallas-morning-news-profile-of-cook/#respond Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:12:06 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=1000 Author keeps it close to home Christopher Cook has a kinship with his characters By Jerome Weeks / The Dallas Morning News AUSTIN – The Stars Cafe on I-35 near the University of Texas campus is one of those battered … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.christopher-cook.com/dallas-morning-news-profile-of-cook/feed/ 0 Texas Monthly review https://www.christopher-cook.com/texas-monthly-review/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/texas-monthly-review/#respond Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:51:54 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=995 TEXAS MONTHLY December 2000 Vice Grip: Cook’s recipe for crime By Anne Dingus In one sense this earthy first novel by Austinite Christopher Cook is a feel-good book: Compared with the title character, you can’t help but feel good about … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.christopher-cook.com/houston-chronicle-review/feed/ 0 Cook in “Discover Great New Writers” https://www.christopher-cook.com/cook-chosen-for-%e2%80%9cdiscover-great-new-writers%e2%80%9d/ https://www.christopher-cook.com/cook-chosen-for-%e2%80%9cdiscover-great-new-writers%e2%80%9d/#respond Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:24:03 +0000 http://www.christopher-cook.com/?p=980 CHRISTOPHER COOK SELECTED FOR BARNES & NOBLE’S PRESTIGIOUS “DISCOVER GREAT NEW WRITERS” PROGRAM Author of Robbers Among Twenty New Writers in Discover’s Winter Program NEW YORK, NY – (February 15, 2001) – Barnes & Noble, Inc., the nation’s largest bookseller, … Continue reading →

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