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LaBrava (Mass Market Paperback)

by Elmore Leonard (Author)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (25 Jul 1985)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140072381
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140072389
  • Product Dimensions: 18 x 11.2 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 921,214 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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LaBrava, a former secret service agent, has set up in business in Miami. Jean Shaw, a former Hollywood actress planned an extortion scheme which is lifted from one of her films, and LaBrava catches on. Can he engineer an ending that will protect the innocent but keep his heroine out of jail?


About the Author

Elmore Leonard has written more than three dozen books during his highly successful career, and many of his novels have been made into bestselling films. He has been named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America and lives in Bloomfield Village, Michigan, with his wife Christine. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Leonard, 6 Jan 2006
By J. E. Parry "Jeff Parry" (Pontypool, Wales) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: La Brava (Paperback)
What can you say about Elmore? He writes some of the best and sharpest crime and "caper" books avaialble.

His narrative is always cool and well thought out. La Brava is just another ini the long line.

The story revolves around Joe La Brava, a former Secret Service agent, and Jean Shaw, a former 50's film noir actress. We follow their friendship and relationship after she is threatened by a local security guard.

However it soon emerges that all is not as it seems. Other characers emerge and the situation escalates as threats turn into attempts to death threats and extortion.

The plot twists and turns as the characters interact with the usual levels of coolness and thrills.

What makes Leonard stand out is the fact that he takes ordinary people and situations and weaves them into a story with humour and thrills.

He would be a favourite for Hollywood if it wasn't for the fact that there are to few scriptwriters with the talent to convert his story from page to screen. For every 'Out of Sight' or 'Get Shorty' you get a few '57 Pick-up' or 'Be Cool's' that never work.

Read this if you've never tried Leonard. I guarantee you'll want to read more.

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