# Get Shorty - Paperback

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by **Elmore Leonard** (Author)

"A Hollywood hit....Taut, inimitable prose and characters who could have only sprung from the mind of Elmore Leonard."  
\--_Detroit News_

The _Chicago Tribune_ has dubbed Elmore Leonard, "the coolest, hottest writer in America." In the same league as the legendary great ones--John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain--the "King Daddy of crime writers" (_Seattle Times_) demonstrates his remarkable mastery with _Get Shorty_, one of the most adored of his forty-plus novels. The basis of the hit movie starring John Travolta and Danny DeVito, _Get Shorty_ chronicles the over-the-top, sometimes violent Hollywood misadventures of a Florida mob loan shark who chases a deadbeat client all the way to Tinseltown and decides to stick around and make movies. _Get Shorty_'s shylock protagonist, Chili Palmer, is a truly inspired creation--as memorable as another unforgettable Leonard hero, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of the hit TV series _Justified_\--and readers will relish his moves and countermoves in this electrifying, funny, bullet train-paced winner from "the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever!" (_New York Times Book Review_)  

### Back Jacket

Mob-connected loan shark Chili Palmer is sick of the Miami grind--plus his "friends" have a bad habit of dying there. So when he chases a deadbeat client out to Hollywood, Chili figures he might like to stay. This town, with its dream-makers, glitter, hucksters, and liars--plus gorgeous, partially clad would-be starlets everywhere you look--seems ideal for an enterprising criminal with a taste for the cinematic. Besides, Chili's got an idea for a killer movie, though it could very possibly kill him to get it made.

**Number of Pages:** 304

**Dimensions:** 0.72 x 7.98 x 5.33 IN

**Publication Date:** November 29, 2011

## Details

- **Price:** 25.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Black Humor, Books, Crime, Fiction, Humorous, Price Written on Book, Thrillers

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