{"product_id":"get-shorty-elmore-leonard-paperback","title":"Get Shorty -- Elmore Leonard, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A Hollywood hit....Taut, inimitable prose and characters who could have only sprung from the mind of Elmore Leonard.\" --\u003cem\u003eDetroit News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e has dubbed Elmore Leonard, \"the coolest, hottest writer in America.\" In the same league as the legendary great ones--John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain--the \"King Daddy of crime writers\" (\u003cem\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/em\u003e) demonstrates his remarkable mastery with \u003cem\u003eGet Shorty\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the most adored of his forty-plus novels. The basis of the hit movie starring John Travolta and Danny DeVito, \u003cem\u003eGet Shorty\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles the over-the-top, sometimes violent Hollywood misadventures of a Florida mob loan shark who chases a deadbeat client all the way to Tinseltown and decides to stick around and make movies. \u003cem\u003eGet Shorty\u003c\/em\u003e's shylock protagonist, Chili Palmer, is a truly inspired creation--as memorable as another unforgettable Leonard hero, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of the hit TV series \u003cem\u003eJustified\u003c\/em\u003e--and readers will relish his moves and countermoves in this electrifying, funny, bullet train-paced winner from \"the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever!\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Elmore Leonard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11\/29\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.98\" H x 5.33\" L x 0.72\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780062120250\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51720692203819,"sku":"9780062120250","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780062120250.jpg?v=1774775245","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/get-shorty-elmore-leonard-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}