Get Shorty

Author(s): Elmore Leonard

Fiction

Collecting money for the Mob isn't too different from any other job, reckons Miami loan shark Chili Palmer. He soon finds himself ordered to collect on a bad debt from Leo Devoe, a guy who died in a plane crash. But it turns out Leo isn't dead - he's living it up in Las Vegas on the compensation money. So Chili follows him to Vegas and then on to Hollywood, where he gets drawn into the world of movies...


Product Information

In Hollywood, home of movies, gorgeous women, players and fast operators - every move you make is a potential scene... Nerve-shattering suspense, crackling dialogue and scathing wit from 'the hottest thriller writer in the US' [TIME].

Elmore Leonard has written more than forty books during his phenomenal career, many of which have been made into successful movies. In 2006 he was the recipient of the CWA DIAMOND DAGGER.

General Fields

  • : 9780753827291
  • : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
  • : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • : 0.194
  • : 31 October 2009
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 18mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Elmore Leonard
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : 813.54
  • : 288