FOUR LATER NOVELS; Get Shorty, Rum Punch, Out of Sight and Tishomingo Blues

Leonard, Elmore

ISBN 10: 1598534920 / ISBN 13: 9781598534924

Edité par The Library of America, New York, N.Y., 2002

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8vo, maroon cloth with label on spine, photographic dust jacket (unclpped) with belly band, black ribbon pagemarker, maroon Lib of Am endpapers, 961 pages. Elmore John Leonard Jr. (1925 - 2013) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures. Among his best-known works are Hombre, Swag, City Primeval, LaBrava, Glitz, Freaky Deaky, Get Shorty, Rum Punch, Out of Sight and Tishomingo Blues--Wiki. Like NEW Copy: Very Tight, Bright, & Clean. No previous owner or remainder marks.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: FOUR LATER NOVELS; Get Shorty, Rum Punch, Out of Sight and Tishomingo Blues
• Éditeur: The Library of America, New York, N.Y.
• Date de parution: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1598534920
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781598534924
• Reliure: Cloth
• Édition: First Printing #280.
• État de l'article: Like New
• État de la jaquette: Very Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Mystery & Detective / Anthology

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Synopsis

The definitive edition of an American master of crime fiction culminates with four modern classics. In Get Shorty, a Miami loan shark with an idea for a movie finds a way to break into Hollywood as a producer, the perfect setup for Elmore Leonard’s brilliantly satiric take on an industry he knew well. Rum Punch (filmed by Quentin Tarantino as Jackie Brown in 1997) shows an aging bail bondsman and an airline stewardess matching wits against lawmen and criminals alike. In Out of Sight, deputy U.S. marshal Karen Sisco and escaped bank robber Jack Foley find themselves thrust together in a highrisk fusion of violent adventure and unlikely romance; included as a special feature is “Karen Makes Out,” the story that introduced Sisco. The collection concludes with Tishomingo Blues, a kaleidoscopic story involving exhibition high divers, Civil War reenactors, and an unforgettable cast of gangsters and hustlers. This is Elmore Leonard at his unbeatable best.

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À propos de l?auteur

The editor of this volume, Detroit native Gregg Sutter first met Elmore Leonard in 1979 and began working for him in 1981. He is currently at work on a biography of Leonard, from his unique perspective as his full-time researcher for more than thirty years.