- Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: HarperTorch; Reprint edition (Aug 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060083999
- ISBN-13: 978-0060083991
- Product Dimensions: 17.9 x 9.9 x 2.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 718,344 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From the bestselling author of GET SHORTY and JACKIE BROWN a thriller spiced with blackmail and revenge.
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Mitchell, in his forties, is a self-made man who owns a factory in Detroit and has been happily married for twenty years. And then he slips. He sets up a young "model" in an apartment, and blackmail ensues in the shape of three masked men. But the thugs reckon without his desire for revenge.
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This is a vigilante novel that is not as good as his later books. Too much description and too little dialogue, but it gives the reader some idea about the writer's subsequent development.
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This is a crime thriller set in Detroit in the 1970s. The central character is Harry Mitchell, a pillar of the community, who owns a successful engineering business. He has been happily married for twenty-two years to Barbara. Then, out of character and for the first time, he has an affair with a young model he met at a bar. Later he learns that he has been set up when two masked men take him at gunpoint to a disused cinema where he is shown films of himself with the girl. He is threatened with exposure unless he pays a substantial sum of money. Harry does not rush to pay them and, increasingly desperate and frustrated, the sadistic pair kill the model using Harry's gun stolen from his house. They film the murder and use it to put further pressure on him to pay. But Harry is not the type to give in without a fight and the book is mainly about how he finds the identities of the gangsters (a third one later emerges) and coolly outwits them, largely by playing each off against the others. This results in two of the gang members being shot following disputes amongst themselves. Harry himself kills the remaining one, who has kidnapped Barbara and is holding her hostage, in an ingenious `sting' during the delivery of the money. At the end, Harry and Barbara are reunited and there is no useful evidence remaining, either of Harry's initial `misdemeanor', or his solution to the blackmail problem. A very `clean' ending.
52 Pickup differs from so many crime thrillers in that the plot is very simple, with few characters and no subplots, although there are certainly twists and turns along the way. Neither does it rely on unbelievable coincidences and the like. It is written in a clear straightforward style, spare and without extraneous details. It is a great read.
52 Pickup differs from so many crime thrillers in that the plot is very simple, with few characters and no subplots, although there are certainly twists and turns along the way. Neither does it rely on unbelievable coincidences and the like. It is written in a clear straightforward style, spare and without extraneous details. It is a great read.
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Nothing pretentious just a great little crimer thriller, pitched plot and prose perfect. Kept me turning the pages until the explosive finale. Vintage Dutch.
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52 Pickup
Book noir in spades. - There isn't anyone in 52 Pickup you would be wise to turn your back one. Take it home with a six pack, don't answer the phone while your reading it, and... Read more
Published on 4 Oct 2009 by Graham Smith
A man's gotta do...
Stand alone crime novel based in early 1970's USA. The 52 is the amount in thousands of dollars that the hero can afford to pay as a ransom for silence over an illicit affair. Read more
Published on 9 Jun 2009 by Officer Dibble
Ignore Dr Sax
52 Pickup, refers to the pick up of 52,000 Dollars.
How DrSax in his review missed that point is beyond me.
How DrSax in his review missed that point is beyond me.
Published on 1 Aug 2008 by Jade Okuda
Ignore the Title
If there is a reference in the book that clarifies the title then I missed it - not that it matters in the slightest. This is vintage Leonard. Read more
Published on 14 Jun 2006 by Big A
You cannot put this book down
Brilliant book, plot opens like an onion skin, revealing more as you go along with twists that make you hold your breath. The final sting in the tale is classic Elmore Leonard. Read more
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