The Hot Kid - Brossura

Leonard, Elmore

3,78

5.142 valutazioni di Goodreads

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0060787163 ISBN 13: 9780060787165

Casa editrice: William Morrow & Co, 2005

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Having made his name by killing notorious bank robber Emmet Long, twenty-one-year-old Carl Webster, the most famous Deputy U.S. Marshal in the country, embarks on a dangerous search for Jack Belmont, the blacksheep son of an oil millionaire who dreams of becoming Public Enemy Number One, in a thriller set against the backdrop of 1930s Oklahoma. (Suspense)

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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.