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Maximum Bob Characters
As in other Leonard novels, assorted grotesques abound in Maximum Bob, among them: the extended Crowe family of petty and not so petty criminals; alcoholic dermatologist Dr.
Tommy Vasco, whose Community Control anklet restricts him to his oceanfront mansion; and Leanne Gibbs, the Palm Beach County judge's wife, a former underwater dancing mermaid and a spiritualist with a dual personality, her second half a twelve-year-old 1850s slave who sounds like Butterfly McQueen in Gone with the Wind.
The major character, however, is thoroughly normal. Miami born Kathy Diaz Baker, a Palm Beach County probation officer who narrates most of the novel, is twenty-seven years old and has been on the job for two years. Two of her brothers are cops, and her father was a Miami policeman until he was shot and had to retire on disability.
Says Judge Gibbs: "I'd call that a...
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