Kendall Hanson

The Bordello Kid (Farr and Fat Jack) (Volume 1) by Kendall Hanson is a fine and satisfying western. Set in Seven Rivers, a very small town near Lincoln, the town has four bordellos serving the cattlemen when they come in from their drive. One day, a skinny kid walks into town carrying his saddle. Farr is his name and he interests the ever observant Fat Jack, a bordello watchman and enforcer. When Farr defeats the town bully Fat Jack gets more interested, and begins to help him.

Kendall Hanson makes vivid and colorful characters and does not sugarcoat any part of the west--not the bordellos, their "doves", as the girls are called, the pimps and madam, or the cattlemen. You can smell the dust and dung of the town. He leads you through the plot to a partially satisfying conclusion.

If you like westerns, this one is for you.… (meer)