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Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime & mystery
A new edition of Elmore Leonard's classic novel GET SHORTY, to coincide with a brand new TV adaptation starring Chris O'Dowd.
GET SHORTY follows the fortunes of Chili Palmer, a Miami loan shark with a talent for making a 'slow pay' come across. His pursuit of a mark who's behind in his payments takes him first to Las Vegas, then to Hollywood and horror-film producer Harry Zimm. It seems that Harry has gambled away $200,000 earmarked for his next production, and his investors, who run a limo-and-drugs service for the Hollywood crowd, will kill to know where their money is.
But in the land of make-believe Chili suddenly finds himself forming an uneasy partnership with Harry - in between evaluating screenplays, taking meetings with studio execs, and pitching a movie idea of his own. Who would have thought that successful hood would have the right job skills to make it big in Hollywood? Now all Chili has to do to reap the rewards is stay one step ahead of a trigger-happy investor who wants him removed from the scenario... permanently.
Praise for Get Shorty
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'Leonard is our greatest crime novelist... after you close this wonderful book, the title hits and you realize you've had the touch put on you again, perfectly, by the best in the business' - WASHINGTON POST
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'A masterpiece' - Martin Amis, SUNDAY TIMES
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'One of the most hilarious and cynical Hollywood revenge novels ever written' - PLAYBOY
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'Extremely funny, bursting with sustained passages of black comedy... a major American novel' - GUARDIAN
Elmore Leonard
Elmore Leonard was born in New Orleans in 1925. He wrote forty-five books during his phenomenal career, including the bestsellers MR PARADISE, TISHOMINGO BLUES, BE COOL and THE HOT KID. Many have been made into successful movies, including GET SHORTY with John Travolta, OUT OF SIGHT with George Clooney and RUM PUNCH, which became Tarantino's JACKIE BROWN. He is the recipient of the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award and the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award. He died in 2013 in Detroit.
www.elmoreleonard.com
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