Rhapsody in Red

Edge #21

by George G. Gilman

1st NEL 1977 paperback edition vg In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Genres: Westerns

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

A pseudonym used by Terry Harknett.

Edge (61 books as George G. Gilman)
Adam Steele (49 books as George G. Gilman)
Edge Meets Adam Steele (3 books as George G. Gilman)
The Undertaker (6 books as George G. Gilman)

Reviews

[Charles · Rating 2 out of 5]

This has to represent the most bizarre, and perhaps the silliest, plot I've ever seen in a western. Edge comes into a town called High Mountain where they are having a music festival. The leading attraction of the festival is Rollo Stone, but there are going to be other groups as well, such as the Alice Cooper Choir, the Jefferson Survey Orchestra, and Robert Dillon. The show is being protected by a gang of gunfighters out of California known as the Devil's Disciples. You may be able to figure out just from these examples that the story is loosely based on the Altamont Free Concert with the Rolling Stones, and the Devil's Disciples are standing in for the Hell's Angels. The Rollo Stone group even plays a song called "concerto for the Devil and his Disciples." Sympathy for the Devil, of course.

Anyway, the story was clearly played for broad laughs. It might almost seem like a parody of a western but the jokes were so campy that I couldn't put it into that category. Quick and easy read, as all the Edge stories are. If you don't mind that kind of humor you might get a few laughs. I mostly rather rolled my eyes.

[Oliver Clarke · Rating 3 out of 5]

A deeply silly Edge book, but still entertaining

[Bill Riggs · Rating 4 out of 5]

If The Rolling Stones Altamont concert with the Hell’s Angels has happened in the Old West it may have gone down like this if a feller named Edge showed up. Full of the typical over the top western violence and corny puns common to the series, this is an exceptionally fun and entertaining entries.

[terry lovell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good story no kinks

Well done George another good read shame that no mention about a bowey knife shame it's a cutthroat business but a good book. Boy George

[BHARADWAJ HARRICHAND · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic read

As usual another great book in the Edge series that makes it irresistible to put down once you start reading.

[Mikepottz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Only a few pages in and someone points a rifle at Edge. Every book remember, he doesn't fucking like it. Edge pumps a bullet into the guys knuckles, shattering the wrist bone. Edge now getting a ride on a coach. My 21st book in a row and a back story of Edge's brothers death. A recap of losing his wife. We know he is an insane, dehumanized, lovable character. That's why will read him. A woman of the coach has a bullet break through her dentures lol and out the back of the skull. A music festival, not a lot of security. Edge in trouble with a gang. Again. Edge with his trusty razor, gurgling, blood flowing, Edge is adroit with a razor. Wipe the bloody razor on the victims clothes. This was really a confusing story.

[David Varley-Doran · Rating 3 out of 5]

Edge 21: Rhapsody In Red. Gilman.

The real blurb for this should read "Edge's uncompromising bellendery leads to the death of almost everyone he meets this weekend".

Filled with puns, quick easy read.