{"product_id":"get-shorty-elmore-leonard-9780062120250","title":"Get Shorty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A Hollywood hit....Taut, inimitable prose and characters who could have only sprung from the mind of Elmore Leonard.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eDetroit News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elmore Leonard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062120255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062120250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.33w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/30\/2013 pg. 19","brand":"Elmore Leonard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045983842559,"sku":"9780062120250","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c0c12cf6-4039-4567-aeee-bd34e31c51ed.jpg?v=1684981936","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/get-shorty-elmore-leonard-9780062120250","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}