Raylan: judge, jury and executioner

Mistook this book for another sequel to the career of US Marshal Carl Weber, immortalized in several rich Elmore Leonard stories and novels. Alas, it what about another, more contemporary US Marshal Raylan Givens names from Coal Mining East Kentucky. I liked the character of Carl and his wife and family far better than Raylan Because EL gave me more time and history to bond with them. But a quick scan on the Net Showed That Raylan thus has deeper roots, in books I have not read: such as `Pronto 'and there is even a quite succesful TV series about him, now in its final Fourth or Fifth Season. I doubt if the series in Raylan Either form travels well beyond Central America and other regions macho.
"Raylan" is more than ever composed almost Entirely in pure dialogue, written in a regional dialect. It Consists of three loosely connected stories with plenty of twists and turns EL's. EL has an ear for language. I had no trouble with his Earlier versions of dialect, but the talking in "Raylan" forced me to reread sentences too oft for comfort. It impaired EL's usual natural flow for non-US readers somewhat. The poker game towards the end what way beyond my comprehension and contained what Appears to be a running gag: One Somali character in "Djibouti" which named Kwame, a typical Ghanaian name. In "Raylan", the name Kwame is Given to a Saudi poker player. Funny?
Hope the 46+ novels of Elmore Leonard (1925-2013) will stay in print in print. They depict living as a loser and marginal in the US over Decades, early on as cowboys or farm workers, later oft as dumb criminals. EL's heroes are smart and headstrong, wearing Their hats just the right way whilst preparing Themselves and Their Adversaries Hanes Final Showdown, Again and Again.