Rum Punch A Novel

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  • Engels
  • Paperback
  • 9780062119827
  • 18 oktober 2011
  • 344 pagina's
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Elmore Leonard

Detroit native Gregg Sutter first met Elmore Leonard in 1979 and began working for him in 1981. He is currently at work on a biography of Leonard, from his unique perspective as his full-time researcher for more than thirty years. He is the editor of The Library of America’s three-volume edition of Leonard’s novels.

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“Powerful…clever…astonishing…a delicious read.”
—Detroit Free Press

Rum Punch is classic Elmore Leonard—the electrifying thriller that served as the basis for the acclaimed film Jackie Brown by director Quentin Tarantino, starring Pam Grier, Robert DeNiro, and Samuel L. Jackson. Leonard’s story of a not-altogether-blameless flight attendant on the run from her vicious gun-running sometime employer who sees her as a troublesome loose end, Rum Punch is “the King Daddy of crime writers” (Seattle Times) at his sharpest and most ingeniously entertaining. In fact, People magazine calls it, “Leonard’s best work. He brilliantly reaffirms his right to the title of America’s finest crime fiction writer.” Enjoy this sensational noir winner from the creator of the character of U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, lately of TV’s hit series Justified, and see why the great Elmore Leonard stands tall in the company of America’s most legendary crime fiction masters: John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, et al.

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en
Bindwijze
Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
18 oktober 2011
Aantal pagina's
344
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Nee

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Hoofdauteur
Elmore Leonard
Tweede Auteur
Carter
Hoofduitgeverij
Avon A

Vertaling

Eerste Vertaler
Hans M. Herzog
Tweede Vertaler
Hans M. Herzog
Originele titel
Rum Punch

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Product breedte
133 mm
Product hoogte
19 mm
Product lengte
210 mm
Studieboek
Nee
Verpakking breedte
132 mm
Verpakking hoogte
26 mm
Verpakking lengte
202 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht
577 g

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9780062119827

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  • Reunion of a criminal pair

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    • Fantasierijk
    • Meeslepend verhaal
    • Grappig
    • Goed plot
    • Spannend
    • Goed plot
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    Toon alleen de eerste 3 punten

    13 Years after publishing “The Switch”, EL reunites the crime pair of Ordell Robbie (OR) and Louis Gara (LG), plus Mr. Walker, poor fisherman in Grand Bahama turned criminal and shifty Melanie, now 34 and one of OR’s three home-bound girlfriends. LG has just been released from a 4 year sentence for 8 bank robberies. They meet again, not in Detroit or Grand Bahama, where the pair’s earlier kidnapping of a shady millionaire’s wife, described in “The Switch” took place, but in Palm Beach, Florida.
    It was already LG’s third stint in jail against OR’s single one, 20 years ago. Both are now 47 or so. Over time OR has prospered in the illegal arms business thanks to a handpicked team of poor pensioners, violent crack addicts, a half-smart Jamaican and Mr. Walker. He has also become more determined and ruthless and prods LG to put more focus into his life, to go on until targets set have been fully met, because he has plans for them, a new scam.
    Aging, seizing the chance to break with the past and starting a new life is one of the book’s main themes: enters Jackie Brown, a beautiful 44-year old stewardess, who supplements her low salary by secretly carrying cash from Mr. Walker to OR. She is arrested on her ninth run. The authorities want her to testify against OR, want him behind bars. She wonders why she was caught out. Enters bail bondsman Max Cherry (56), hired by OR to spring her from detention before she tells all. Max yearns for change too. In some ways he is as indecisive as LG, but his first meeting with Jackie after he has bailed her out, gives him the energy to explore new alternatives in life. With her.
    What follows is opera, drama, romance and comedy, a book that is one of many masterpieces of the best crime writer alive. In 1997 Quentin Tarantino turned the book into the movie “Jackie Brown” with Robert de Niro and Samuel L. Jackson acting as Louis and Ordell and Pam Grier as Jackie.

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