Now he thought that the position in the
bank was a nice position for a man to have. He enjoyed the work and he enjoyed
the people, and if the officers of the bank did not really understand that Harrison’s
popularity with the patrons came not from his efficiency but from his genuine
liking for them, well, that was the bank’s problem. Harrison did not truly care
all that greatly how they perceived him. The fact was that he thoroughly
enjoyed what he was doing.
This novel is a fine example of what I can enjoy about
the genre—despite the pictured gunfight on the cover [my cover, at least], there is not a gunfight to
be found within.
It is a novel of amiable, loping charm. Most genres
exist for the mere sake of the plot itself no matter how skillful people maybe limned
along the way. A crime novel with no crime is no crime novel. A mystery with nothing
to solve is no mystery. A horror with no shudder is, well…
The Western can be rife with gunfights [and I’ve enjoyed
many of that variety.] It can also be one of seeming slightly plotted nothingness
and yet still survive because of the caliber of the people we spend time with.
This novel is no rafter-shaker but I am mighty
refreshed by having spent a few hours in such amiable unargumentative company.
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