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THIS TALE'S OUT OF LUCK Willie Nelson's new novel misses the mark

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Writers: Mike Blakely, Willie Nelson; Genres: Fiction, Western; Publisher: Center Street
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By Clark Collis
Clark Collis
Clark Collis
Clark Collis is a senior writer for EW

This Western yarn from country icon Willie Nelson and Mike Blakely makes you want to rewrite one of his signature songs: ''Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Write Books About Cowboys.'' A Tale Out of Luck is crammed with stock characters — an excitable young cowpoke; beautiful saloon beer-slingers — and its subplots, including the murder of a horse thief and the hunt for a legendary mare, collide outrageously. Your money would be better spent on a Willie CD — or a tub of his peach cobbler ice cream. C+


Posted Aug 29, 2008
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