- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Film & TV Tie-in ed edition (29 Feb 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140248129
- ISBN-13: 978-0140248128
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,385,330 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In Hollywood, home of movies, gorgeous women, players and fast operators - every move you make is a potential scene... Nerve-shattering suspense, crackling dialogue and scathing wit from 'the hottest thriller writer in the US' [TIME].
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This is the story of Chili Palmer, who gets sent to Hollywood by the Mob in Florida to collect a gambling debt from a struggling movie producer, and ends up enchanting the film producers so much that he gets a film break himself. The book ties in with a film of the book starring John Travolta.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This is the fourth book I have ready by Elmore Leonard, and the best of those four. It is distinguished by a fast moving intricate and intriguing plot, together with the trademark fast moving style and psychological insight.
Strongly recommended!
Strongly recommended!
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Elmore Leonard is perhaps the king of the laconically cool novel. He has been writing hip novels for decades and after its successful film adaptation `Get Shorty' is one of the best known. Set around Chilli Palmer and his attempts to infiltrate the film industry the book has the usual laid back charm of the majority of Leonard's work. Chilli himself is a great character and is the one factor in the book that makes it worth reading. He is effortlessly cool and always seems one step ahead of the rest of the characters. I also liked the structure the book took of being a novel about someone basing a film on the events that are happening as you read. It's not as confusing as it sounds and it works well.
I have read a few Leonard novels and they are all universally cool, but also have universal flaws, `Get Shorty' is no different. Once more Leonards laid back style is too cold and feels a little lazy. He is too busy painting sexy characters to the detriment of the story. Nothing really happens in `Get Shorty' and when it does you are not sure how it came about because the book just seems to stumble across situations. I would love for Leonard to incorporate a pace and exciting narrative to go alongside his excellent characters. As it is `Get Shorty' is a nice character piece, but lacks the edgy storyline needed to promote it to excellent.
I have read a few Leonard novels and they are all universally cool, but also have universal flaws, `Get Shorty' is no different. Once more Leonards laid back style is too cold and feels a little lazy. He is too busy painting sexy characters to the detriment of the story. Nothing really happens in `Get Shorty' and when it does you are not sure how it came about because the book just seems to stumble across situations. I would love for Leonard to incorporate a pace and exciting narrative to go alongside his excellent characters. As it is `Get Shorty' is a nice character piece, but lacks the edgy storyline needed to promote it to excellent.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Having bought this book as part of my english degree course, I was not overly enamoured at the prospect of reading it. However I have to admit to being very pleasantly surprised. It is very well written, in a reader friendly manner and the characters are both endearing and believable. I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a book to provide some escapism and light entertainment.
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Not as good as Freaky Deaky
Good, but not as good as his later novel, Freaky Deaky, in my opinion. The opening chapter of F.D is the best opening chapter I have read for a long time.
Published 26 days ago by M. Parker
How strange!
I'd heard of Elmore Leonard for years and the clincher was the iconic Sue Grafton's favourable comment about him (when IS her next title due! Read more
Published 4 months ago by Andrew K Burns-Mollison
Just very, very cool
Chili Palmer is a Miami loan shark, collecting Mob money. When he follows a bad debt to las Vegas, then Hollywood, he finds himself drawn into the movie world, a place where he... Read more
Published 6 months ago by D Redfern
Read this book!!!!
Once I started this book i just could not put it down1 It had me gripped from start to finish with memorable charcters and the coolest dialogue i think i have ever read! Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2005
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