Elmore Leonard

Elmore,Leonard: Rum Punch A Novel, Harper Collins USA, Oktober 2011 ISBN: 0062119826
Powerful...clever...astonishing...a delicious read. BR --Detroit Free Press Rum Punch is classic Elmore Leonard--the electrifying thriller that served as the basis for the acclaimed film Jackie Brown by director Quentin Tarantino, starring Pam Grier, Robert DeNiro, and Samuel L. Jackson. Leonard's story of a not-altogether-blameless flight attendant on the run from her vicious gun-running sometime employer who sees her as a troublesome loose end, Rum Punch is the King Daddy of crime writers (Seattle Times) at his sharpest and most ingeniously entertaining. In fact, People magazine calls it, Leonard's best work. He brilliantly reaffirms his right to the title of America's finest crime fiction writer. Enjoy this sensational noir winner from the creator of the character of U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, lately of TV's hit series Justified, and see why the great Elmore Leonard stands tall in the company of America's most legendary crime fiction masters: John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, et al.

NEUBUCH! 203 mm x 136 mm x 24 mm

[SW: Amerikanische Belletristik / Kriminalroman, Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Kriminalroman, Thriller, Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General]

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Leonard, Elmore: Pronto, New York Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence Publishers 1993
Fine

This book is in collector's condition. It is notably very nice, a just about "as new" copy--tight, bright & clean. Number line has a "1," as required. Leonard photograph on back cover by Marc Hauser. Elmore Leonard has written more than three dozen books including Cuba Libre, Rum Punch, and Get Shorty, and numerous screenplays. He has an unparalleled reputation among lovers of mayhem, suspense, and just plain wonderful writing. A Grand Master Award winner of the Mystery Writers of America, he has been likened to everyone from Balzac to Dostoevsky to Dickens to Dashiell Hammett -- but he is, in fact, entirely and entertainingly sui generis. In Pronto, the feds want Miami bookmaker Harry Arno to squeal on his wiseguy boss. So they're putting word out on the street that Arno's skimming profits from "Jimmy Cap" Capotorto -- which he is, but everybody does it. He was planning to retire to Italy someday anyway, so Harry figures now's a good time to get lost. U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens knows Harry's tricky -- the bookie ditched him once in an airport while in the marshal's custody -- but not careful. So Raylan's determined to find the fugitive's Italian hideaway before a cold-blooded Sicilian "Zip" does and whacks Arno for fun. After all, it's a "pride thing"...and it might even put Raylan in good stead with Harry's sexy ex-stripper girlfriend Joyce. First Edition, First Printing Fine Hard Cover in Dust Jacket

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Leonard, Elmore: Bandits, New York Arbor House 1987
Near Fine

A highly collectible book from the master of the genre. A TRUE first edition; number line has a "1," as required. Original price ($17.95) intact on dust jacket, as required. A very nice copy--tight, bright & clean. Elmore Leonard has written more than three dozen books including Cuba Libre, Rum Punch, and Get Shorty, and numerous screenplays. He has an unparalleled reputation among lovers of mayhem, suspense, and just plain wonderful writing. A Grand Master Award winner of the Mystery Writers of America, he has been likened to everyone from Balzac to Dostoevsky to Dickens to Dashiell Hammett -- but he is, in fact, entirely and entertainingly sui generis. Bandits is vintage Leonard: Working at his brother-in-law's New Orleans funeral home isn't reformed jewel thief Jack Delaney's idea of excitement -- until he's dispatched to a leper's hospital to pick up a corpse that turns out to be very much alive ... and under the care of a beautiful, radical ex-nun in designer jeans. The "deceased" is the one-time squeeze of a Nicaraguan colonel who's ordered her dead for trying to "infect" him, and Sister Lucy's looking to spirit the young woman away from his guns and goons. Plus Lucy's getting ideas about spiriting away some of the colonel's millions as well -- and someone with Jack Delaney's talents could come in very handy indeed. First Edition, First Printing Near Fine Hard Cover in Dust Jacket

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Leonard, Elmore: Road Dogs Roman, EICHBORN, 011 ISBN: 3821861193
Was haben Get Shorty, Jackie Brown und Out of Sight gemeinsam Sie alle basieren auf Romanen von Elmore Leonard. Jetzt erscheint sein neuer Kriminalroman in einer kongenialen Übersetzung. Jack Foley ist Bankräuber aus Überzeugung und eine coole Sau. Cundo Rey ist ein schwerreicher kubanischer Gangster. Sie freunden sich im Knast an, und Cundo besorgt Foley eine supersmarte Anwältin, die es schafft, aus dreißig Jahren Haft dreißig Monate zu machen. Währenddessen sitzt Dawn Navarro, Cundos attraktive Frau, in einer Villa in Venice Beach und wartet auf die Chance, ihren Gatten um sein Geld zu erleichtern. Foley kommt als Erster aus dem Knast, und er schuldet Cundo einen Gefallen. Dawn würde ihn gern auf ihre Seite ziehen. Foley muss sich überlegen, wem er trauen kann - und was eigentlich seine eigene Agenda ist ... Ein klassischer Leonard: lakonisch, schnell, voll herrlicher Dialoge und überraschend bis zur letzten Seite. Große Unterhaltung mit Soul.

NEUBUCH! 2011. 303 S. 22 cm 221 mm x 145 mm x 32 mm

[SW: Krimis/Thriller]

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