Four novels of the 1970s
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Author
Contributions
- Leonard, Elmore, 1925-2013 - Contributor
- Sutter, Gregg, editor - Contributor
Publication
2014 - Library of America, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
202,250 words, Guess
Page Count
809 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivefournovelsof19700000leon
- ISBN-101598533053
- ISBN-139781598533057
- Library of Congress Control Number2013949837
- OCLC Control Number959895232
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number870919815
- Better World Books9781598533057
- Open LibraryOL27169684M
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3562.E55 A6 2014
- LCCPS3562.E55A6 2014
Description
"Inventor of a fast, tunny, sharp, and tough style uniquely his own, Elmore Leonard is widely considered America's greatest modern crime writer. With this volume collecting the four Detroit novels that established his reputation, The Library of America inaugurates a three-volume edition of Leonard's greatest work, selected in consultation with the author shortly before his death. Fifty-Two Pickup is an insidiously brutal book about an adulterous businessman who runs afoul of a crew of murderous blackmailers. Swag finds Leonard moving for the first time into the more comic mode that would become his signature. Unknown Man No. 89 spins a complex pattern of crisscrossing rip-offs and con games. In The Switch, one of Leonard's funniest books, Mickey Dawson, a discontented housewife held for ransom, manages to turn the tables on her kidnappers while exacting overdue revenge on her scheming husband. This volume also contains a newly researched chronology of Leonard's life, prepared with exclusive access to materials in his personal archive."--Publisher's description.
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- The Library of America -- 255
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