Eddie Macon's Run

by James McLendon

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670288551
• ISBN13: 9780670288557
• Release Date: March 1980
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Les Miserables - Texas style!

The theme is similar to Les Miserables, only instead of France during the 1800s it takes place in Texas during the 1970s.Jean Valjean is now Eddie Macon, a fugitive from Huntsville State Prison. Javert is Marzack, a "hounder", a prison detective who tracks down fugitives. Eddie's only chance is to reach the Mexican border after a grueling cross-country run where he can be reunited with his family.His obstacles will be numerous, the danger great. There will be the rugged Texas countryside, where death could be a snakebite or shotgun blast away. There will be the manhunt, capture meaning an additional twenty five year sentence, forever dooming his hopes of a normal life. Finally, there will be the hateful Marzack. Having the dubious distinction of leaving Marzack scarred from an earlier escape attempt, he knows Marzack will never rest until Eddie is captured or killed.This is a good book, very exciting, very intense. It was eventually made into a movie that starred John Schneider and Eddie Macon and Kirk Douglas as Marzack.I recommend it.