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The film Get Shorty was a success on many fronts. It introduced a new style of hip gangster that revised the stereotype of the Godfather series. It also helped re-launch the career of John Travolta. And it brought Elmore Leonard's impressive body of fiction to larger public attention. In Hollywood, such a triumph usually spawns a sequel--a film that rehashes the great jokes and cool scenes of the first film, but with none of the panache that initially inspired audiences.
In the beginning of Be Cool, the sequel to the novel Get Shorty, readers are reminded that Chili Palmer-- like his creator--scored a huge success with a gangster film (his was entitled Get Leo). But the sequel, Get Lost, was a predictable dud. Rather than follow that sordid story, however, Leonard takes Chili into a totally new direction. He places Chili on a murder investigation (in which he is a prime suspect) and then traces his entry into the music business. Meanwhile, Leonard reveals a whole new cast of fresh, funny, and flaky characters to populate Chili's world; characters like Elliot the gigantic, gay, Samoan bodyguard who lives to be on the stage. Throughout, the voice of John Travolta rings in Chili's every speech (word has it that Travolta has already been cast to reprise the role) as Leonard pokes fun at the Hollywood apparatus and the task of a sequel writer.
Be Cool surpasses its original because it is so self-consciously a novel about sequels, about the sometimes cowardice that limits the creativity of the American film industry. It is hard to imagine how Leonard could top the multi-layered satire/crime novel/expose. One only hopes for a sequel. --Patrick O'Kelley, Amazon.com --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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'Elmore Leonard novels invariably sparkle with wit and ingenuity. Superlative entertainment.' (HUDDERSFIELD DAILY EXAMINER )
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was my first book that I read by Leonard and I have read several since. Leonard is a master of dialogue which makes any of his books worthwhile. In other books of his the underworld characters and the violent plots can seem a little unengaging. What makes "Be Cool" so enjoyable by contrast is that we have the subplots of a very tacky Spice Girls covers band and a bizarre gay bodyguard, to counteract the usual machismo. This book is never predictable and always enjoyable.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
a great read, with totally midblowing dialogue.
it's set in the music industry. with lots of funny side-characters.
one of Leonard's finest reads, without too much blood and guts!
read it soon, you will laugh all night.
Format:Paperback
I have not found an Elmore Leonard novel that i have not enjoyed yet. The smart dialogue , fast action and imaginative plots are all here. Yet i feel this book is just a vehicle written with an actor in mind to play a roll. A novelisation of a movie yet to be made. Chili Palmer explores the music world and whatever its faults it is a great book which beats 90% of the pretenders to Elmore's crown. I just wish it was better
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It's an Elmore, but not a classic Elmore
Because this is by Elmore Leonard, it's good. Well plotted, excellent dialogue. But, somehow, it's not one of the great Elmores. Read more
Published 8 months ago by The Bagster
Chilli Palmer returns
Chilli Palmer, first seen in Leonard's novel Get Shorty here makes his way into the music industry, giving the author the opportunity to satirise that world as effectively as he... Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2010 by Dave Gilmour's cat
Not very good
Chilli Palmer is a great character, and when reading the book you can't help but think of John Travolta in the role. Read more
Published on 10 Oct 2009 by B. Powell
Chili Palmer... What a character!!
A must read for anyone who has read or seen Get Shorty, this book is a rollercoaster ride with a host of great characters, a fun storyline and, of course, the return of the... Read more
Published on 28 Nov 2004 by Mr. M. E. Merritt
Chili's Weak Sequel
This sequel to Get Shorty takes Chili Palmer from the world of film to the music industry. Although one of the book's themes is a very self-conscious attempt to comment on the... Read more
Published on 28 Jan 2003 by A. Ross
Spend a week with Chili Palmer- if you think you can keep up
More of a dialogue than a novel. Leonard runs us through the latest happenings in the life of our old friend Chili Palmer and this time there are more people out to kill him. Read more
Published on 5 April 2001
Get Back
I sometimes think it's a pity Hollywood heard of Elmore Leonard. It's taken them years to get anywhere near making a film of one of his books that does justice to the original. Read more
Published on 20 May 1999
nothing but an in-jokes fest
this book relies on in-jokes about the movies based on books by elmore leonard ,and i suppose thats all right, seeing as its elmore leonard
Published on 30 April 1999
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