In a novel filled with his signatures -- nerve-shattering suspense, crackling dialogue, scathing wit -- Elmore Leonard proves once again why he sets the standard against which all other crime novels are measured. In Get Shorty, he takes a mobster to Hollywood, where the women are gorgeous, the men are corrupt, and making it big isn't all that different from making your bones: you gotta know who to pitch, who to hit, and how to knock 'em dead.
In Miami, Chili Palmer was a gangster. He’s in Hollywood now, helping his friend Harry Zimm to make a movie. But the movie business is very dangerous. A new enemy wants him out of the way and an old enemy hasn’t forgotten him.
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Elmore Leonard - Get Shorty
Get Shorty is classic Elmore Leonard:
While other people write "crime fiction," Leonard's come up with a
masterful social comedy that happens to be about criminals (and other
fast operators). He's a master of snappy dialogue and dizzying plot twists. The best parts of Get Shorty
move along so briskly you almost forget there's somebody with a firm
control over the story. And you'll be rooting for Chili to get the
money, the girl, and the studio deal. --Ron Hogan
