Happy Valley

By Max Brand

Book Overview

The news spread like wildfire . . . Jim Fantom was back in rough-and-tumble Burned Hill after five years at hard labor for the daring holdup of the Fullertown stage. But if Fantom's account with the state was settled in full, the young renegade still had two pressing debts to repay. One was to Larry Phelan, the other to Tom Dollar. They had ridden with Jim the day of the holdup -- and later testified against him to save themselves. So Burned Hill braced itself for the roar of guns.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446903043
• ISBN13: 9780446903042
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Warner Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Chocked full of metaphors

"Happy Valley" is by no means a western, and truly does not need to be categorized as one. The book is a philosophical fantasy filled with characterization of metaphors, involving the basic struggle of Good versus Evil. Max Brand, the author, just chose to use a somewhat western setting to this story of fantasy. To enjoy the book, a reader certainly has to have full appreciation of the various analogies used by the author. As for entertainment, I really enjoyed Chapter 23 in which Chip Lander describes his excitement for the newest female to move into Happy Valley. Overall, reading the novel is certainly not a waste of time.