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The Hot Kid
Elmore Leonard
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Description for The Hot Kid
Paperback. Gun molls, speakeasies, bank robbers and murder .. Another fantastic thriller from the grandmaster of US crime fiction. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 22. Weight in Grams: 234.
Gun molls, speakeasies, bank robbers and murder ... Another fantastic thriller from the grandmaster of US crime fiction.
Set in Oklahoma during the 1930s, THE HOT KID is a powerfully entertaining story and introduces Carl Webster, one of the coolest lawmen ever to draw on a fugitive felon.
At 21, Carl Webster's on his way to becoming the most famous Deputy US Marshal in America. He has shot and killed notorious bank robber Emmet Long and is now tracking Jack Belmont, the no-good son of an oil millionaire with dreams of becoming Public Enemy Number One. True Detective ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752880730
SKU
V9780752880730
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Elmore Leonard
Elmore Leonard was born in New Orleans on 11 October 1925. He wrote forty-five books during his phenomenal career, including the bestsellers Mr Paradise, Tishomingo Blues, Be Cool and The Hot Kid. Many have been made into successful movies, including Get Shorty with John Travolta, Out of Sight with George Clooney and Rum Punch, which became Tarantino's Jackie Brown. He ... Read more
Reviews for The Hot Kid
"the author finds plenty of time to colour in a vividly Runyonesque canvas of gangsters' molls, dust-bowl desperadoes and dime-novel hacks. Even at 80, Leonard is bulletproof: still the last man standing." SUNDAY TIMES "I am taking three books with me to the (I'm afraid at this point merely metaphorical) beach... Another is Elmore Leonard's The ... Read more