Elmore Leonard: Four Later Novels (Loa #280): Get Shorty / Rum Punch / Out of Sight / Tishomingo Blues

ISBN-13: 9781598534924 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 1000 str.

Elmore Leonard; Gregg Sutter

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The definitive edition of an American master of crime fictionculminates with four modern classics. In Get Shorty, a Miamiloan shark with an idea for a movie finds a way to breakinto Hollywood as a producer, the perfect setup for ElmoreLeonard s brilliantly satiric take on an industry he knew well.Rum Punch (filmed by Quentin Tarantino as Jackie Brown in1997) shows an aging bail bondsman and an airline stewardessmatching wits against lawmen and criminals alike. In Out ofSight, deputy U.S. marshal Karen Sisco and escaped bankrobber Jack Foley find themselves thrust together in a highriskfusion of violent adventure and unlikely romance; includedas a special feature is Karen Makes Out, the story thatintroduced Sisco. The collection concludes with TishomingoBlues, a kaleidoscopic story involving exhibition high divers, Civil War reenactors, and an unforgettable cast of gangstersand hustlers. This is Elmore Leonard at his unbeatable best."