The Hot Kid - Brossura

Leonard, Elmore

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ISBN 10: 0060724234 ISBN 13: 9780060724238

Casa editrice: Harper Torch, 2006

Riassunto

Carlos Webster was fifteen in the fall of 1921 the first time he came face-to-face with a nationally known criminal. A few weeks later, he killed his first man—a cattle thief who was rustling his dad's stock. Now Carlos, called Carl, is the hot kid of the U.S. Marshals Service, one of the elite manhunters currently chasing the likes of Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd across America's Depression-ravaged heartland. Carl wants to be the country's most famous lawman. Jack Belmont, the bent son of an oil millionaire, wants to be public enemy number one. Tony Antonelli of True Detective magazine wants to write about this world of cops and robbers, molls and speakeasies from perilously close up. Then there are the hot dames—Louly and Elodie—hooking their schemes and dreams onto dangerous men. And before the gunsmoke clears, everybody just might end up getting exactly what he or she wished for.

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Recensione:

“This is a novel that... is all about style, literary and otherwise.” (New York Times Book Review)

“THE HOT KID brims with the sly humor, sparse prose and razor dialogue we expect from the master” (Los Angeles Times Book Review)

“The writing is pitch-perfect throughout...it’s all pure Leonard, and that means it’s pure terrific.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))

Clear, fast-paced and masterfully structured.” (Philadelphia Inquirer)

“The HOT KID is Elmore Leonard- a master- at his best.” (Oklahoma City Oklahoman)

“...expertly crafted, deftly balanced.” (Houston Chronicle)

“...Rips along like a bandit’s getaway car...THE HOT KID is Leonard at his best.” (Tulsa World)

“...delivers the goods in a top-notch amalgam of sagebrush western and mob drama.” (Lexington Herald-Leader)

“There’s nothing Elmore Leonard doesn’t know about stylish writing, and THE HOT KID is him at his compressed best.” (Detroit Free Press)

“Wonderfully funny and hair-raising...THE HOT KID is splendid.” (Providence Sunday Journal)

L'autore:

Elmore Leonard wrote more than forty books during his long career, including the bestsellers Raylan, Tishomingo Blues, Be Cool, Get Shorty, and Rum Punch, as well as the acclaimed collection When the Women Come Out to Dance, which was a New York Times Notable Book. Many of his books have been made into movies, including Get Shorty and Out of Sight. The short story "Fire in the Hole," and three books, including Raylan, were the basis for the FX hit show Justified. Leonard received the Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN USA and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He died in 2013.

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• Editore: Harper Torch
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0060724234
• ISBN 13: 9780060724238
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 387