Get Shorty [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Leonard, Elmore

Verlag: Delacorte Press, New York, 1990

Beschreibung

Fine unread condition black boards, white spine, and green spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Elmore Leonard and Author Dedication. "The best American writer of crime fiction alive" (Newsweek) outdoes himself in Get Shorty, a novel that proves the successful crook has all the job skills required to make it in Hollywood. Get Shorty features the real-life characters, scams, surprises, gunplay, and read-aloud dialogue you expect from Elmore Leonard, and something more: the benefit of his twenty years' experience in the film industry. Get Shorty follows the fortunes of Chili Palmer, a Miami loan shark with a talent for making a slow pay come across by saying just three words: "Look at me." Chili's pursuit of a mark who's behind in his payments takes him first to Las Vegas, and then to Hollywood and horror-film producer Harry Zimm. Harry has gambled away $200,000 earmarked for his next production in an attempt to raise enough money to interest superstar Michael Weir in a high-concept film Harry is certain will be a hit. But now his "investors" want to know where their money is, and one of them, Bo Catlett, will kill to protect his interests. Chili and Harry form an uneasy partnership as Chili finds himself evaluating screenplays, meeting with studio execs, and pitching a movie idea of his own. But there are distractions: Karen Flores, former horror-film screamer who knows more about Hollywood than Harry, and Ray Bones, a hot-tempered wiseguy who can't forget the time Chili creased his scalp with a bullet. Most distracting of all is super-dude Bo Catlett, who wants Chili removed from the scenario permanently. Leonard's depiction of Hollywood in Get Shorty makes for one of his most menacing and colorful settings, surpassing his earlier renderings of such cities as Detroit, Miami, Atlantic City, and New Orleans. Add to this his infallible ear for dialogue and his insight into the psychology of big and small-time hustlers - plus the bonus of his own adventures in the screen trade - and you have a one-of-a-kind reading experience that Leonard fans will relish, but no one should miss." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 008054

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Get Shorty [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Verlag: Delacorte Press, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1990

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Newman, Andrew (jacket design); Leonard, Joan (author's photograph); Macdonald, Holland (type design)

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition