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The Big Bounce
All the dazzling good guys, fiendish bad guys, crackling dialogue and brilliant plotlines that have made Elmore Leonard a box office hit and publishing phenomenon are present in these two classics.First published in 1974. "Mr. Majestyk" is the story of Vietnam vet Vincent Majestyk, a peace-loving man who swore he'd never kill again. But when the mob and a bully cop push him too far, he reluctantly enters a war waged on his home turf.In "The Big Bounce," originally published in 1969, a bored young couple looks for thrills in bleak northern Michigan. Their scheme to grab a fifty-thousand-dollar payroll takes an evil twist and ultimately leads to a senseless death.
FictionMystery & Detective
RELEASED2000
PUBLISHERDell
LENGTH256
LANGUAGEEN
Elmore John Leonard Jr. was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures. *--Wikipedia*
3.0
The Big Bounce
All the dazzling good guys, fiendish bad guys, crackling dialogue and brilliant plotlines that have made Elmore Leonard a box office hit and publishing phenomenon are present in these two classics.First published in 1974. "Mr. Majestyk" is the story of Vietnam vet Vincent Majestyk, a peace-loving man who swore he'd never kill again. But when the mob and a bully cop push him too far, he reluctantly enters a war waged on his home turf.In "The Big Bounce," originally published in 1969, a bored young couple looks for thrills in bleak northern Michigan. Their scheme to grab a fifty-thousand-dollar payroll takes an evil twist and ultimately leads to a senseless death.
FictionMystery & Detective
RELEASED2000
PUBLISHERDell
LENGTH256
LANGUAGEEN
Elmore John Leonard Jr. was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His earliest novels, published in the 1950s, were Westerns, but he went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures. *--Wikipedia*
