Pronto by Elmore Leonard (W&N)

With FX’s Justified reaching its final episode later this week, I thought I’d look back at the novel where it all started, Elmore Leonard’s Pronto, featuring the very first appearance by Cowboy Marshall Raylan Givens, as the first novel in a series of books featuring this character. This crime thriller is currently available to buy, with the edition that I read being published by W&N. 

Banshee Season 3 (Cinemax)

The bloody, brutal and violent pulp neo-western series Banshee recently brought its third season to a close in an epic fashion. Cinemax’s show stars Antony Starr, Ivana Milicevic, Hoon Lee and Ulriech Thomson.

Justified Season 1 (FX)

Justified has just started its final season on FX, so I attempt to go back and cover the previous five seasons of the US Marshall/cowboy crime series with the rich backdrop of Harlan, Kentucky, starring Timothy Olyphant, Walton Goggins, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, and more. This review covers the thirteen episode long first season of the series.

Advent 2014: Favourite Characters - Day #1: Raylan Givens (Justified)

In the start of a new column that should run right the way up until Christmas Eve, I address my favourite fictional characters (taken from a wide variety of sources, mainly novels, television, film and comic books) from 2014 and why they’re so awesome, starting on the first day with Justified’s (FX) Raylan Givens, played by actor Timothy Olyphant.